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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Sigh. Alberta spent like drunken sailors averaging well above other Canadian provinces from 1985-mid 90's. We should have had an infrastructure surplus, but somehow the massive spending disappeared.
True we cut spending for a small period of 5 years. But those 'huge cuts' put us somewhere in the middle of the pack in terms of provincial averages.
Since then , we have spent double what growing provinces like BC has in the past decade. For apparently nothing, as all the left ever tells us is we have an unending deficit that can never be caught up to.
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You have said this, in one form or another, over and over in this thread.
I need to question now how you quantify that statement? I assume you mean that we spent more per capita, but is that all? Does it account for differences in population earnings or GDP between the provinces in question? Is there anything else that factors in?
Because saying Alberta spent more than Newfoundland during that time frame is like saying the sky is blue, because Newfoundland was dead broke so of course we spent more money. Did we spend more per capita based on the provincial GDP or average population income though?
Since this is the basis for almost every comment you make in this thread and would seem to be the foundation for your support of the WRP, I assume you know what the metrics actually are and would gladly share them with us.