Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Im stunned.
Albertas money, regardless of where it comes from, most certainly is money that belongs to Albertans, the government exists solely to determine how to distribute it and in this case how to best return it.
Im not really a fan of the dividend system either, but your damn rights that money is mine and yours and anyone else who lives in this province and contributes taxes.
Someone accused anyone who favored the return as "sheeple"...anyone who believes what you just uttered is far beyond such a moniker IMO.
|
So if someone doesn't contribute taxes is that money theirs as well? What if they contribute very little in the way of taxes? Is that money less theirs than someone who contributes millions of dollars? I just think that blindly saying that the government should give back tax dollars to the public is ignoring the fact that not all revenue is generated through income tax and that people pay varying levels of taxes and thus logically the notion that the government should give you back your tax dollars ignores the obvious fact that the surplus isn't just made up of your tax dollars.
If it was done via some sort of taxation representation per dollar of surplus then I would agree that it would be your money, but just giving everyone X dollars isn't that at all.
Also the your isn't directed towards you it is just more of a general term.