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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Delaying infrastructure is what got Alberta into problems in the first place. When you need to play catchup the costs rise over time, especially as the cost of labour rises, not to mention land and other expenditures. Just to say that they are planning on delaying it isn't enough, rather what is the plan for the long term.
If anything the idea that you proposed isn't saving any money but rather would likely cost more in the long run.
Look at the Alberta Hospital Edmonton example, in the early 90s it would have cost around 42 million dollars to renovate it, now the figure is nearly 5 times as much. Spending on well placed projects isn't an awful thing and can save major headaches down the road.
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How the hell you see a museum as being equal to a hospital God only knows. So can you please just stop with the ridiculous notion that we all want to cut infrastructure spending completely? We all understand its the only straw you've got left to hold when it comes to the rather ######ed idea that running a balanced $39 BILLION dollar budget in 2012 somehow equals cutting infrastructure spending to absofrickinlutely zero.
We all know the delaying critical spending can harm us in the long-term, but that is exactly what WILL happen when ANY government refuses to make sure they run a balanced budget as much as possible, and make damn sure they don't reach the point where they need to cut critical spending because they can't borrow money anymore because the deficit has gotten completely out of hand.
Alberta is $800 million over budget. It is entirely possible to cut it from the budget. It is also possible to sit down and figure out how to start SAVING the money from natural resource royalties, instead of spending it year after year, ESPECIALLY when there is no more recession. If it means more taxes, so be it. But don't spend what you shouldn't, even as much as the ridiculous left-wing ideology somehow tells you that saving money for a year like 2008 when everything comes crashing down is somehow a bad idea.