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Originally Posted by Northendzone
for the most part i don't have a problem with their direct compensation.
i tend to think that their pension plan, and golden handshakes are redonkulous.......
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What pension plan?
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Originally Posted by Wormius
I wish the Canadian Taxpayer Federation would create a political party in Alberta. I guess Wildrose is the closest thing though if Danielle Smith sticks to her guns.
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The CTF is a joke. First of all it's the old "to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail" issue. When the economy is hot they want taxes cut. When times are tough, cut taxes. It's just not sensible.
The other thing that drives me up the wall is that they are a pure special interest group and purely in it for their own political gain. Who would comprise the CTF? Well, obviously any citizen should? We all pay taxes. We are Canadian citizens. Yet they come out and make political endorsements and virtually campaign for candidates.
The Wildrose is not the great model of fiscal conservatism either. The committee in question had two MLAs who gladly took the money. When the MLA pay raises were doled out three of the four said absolutely nothing that I'm aware of (Hinman wasn't elected yet). The only party that voted against the raises was the Liberal party in fact.