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Originally Posted by Fire
The WRA has already stated they will put 50% of any surplus into the Heritage Fund. Has any other party committed more? Who cares if people would buy iPads or other crap with the $300/year. What gives you the right to tell other people what they can spend their money on?
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It's also an empty promise anyway. Promise a little free money to keep the population happy, but if you know you'll probably run a large surplus in the next fiscal year, you can ramp up one-time spending on major infrastructure projects. People view all of these things without considering the other aspects. Really, this promise is an attempt at being all things to all people - which rarely works out well - but still leaves lots of room to focus on immediate needs.
One last thing on the free schooling. With promises like that, I think we are seeing the Liberals make the same mistake their federal cousins did. Trying to become the NDP will only cause their voters to move to the NDP. Many of us have said the Liberals need a new identity, but I'm not sure this is it. I really don't like the idea of a Liberal-NDP merger federally, as I think a three party system is superior to the two party. But provincially, I think we could see the Liberals and NDP merge on the left (maybe absorb the Alberta party and take over that name?), the PCs in the centre and Wildrose on the right.