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Originally Posted by Tinordi
What's wrong again with a provincial sales tax?
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Aside from the fact that the only reason to introduce one at this point is because the government has massive overspending problems?
Optically, it is a terrible idea too. The GST was a major reason why Mulrooney was punted and the PCs were reduced to two seats (though not the only reason, nor the biggest).
Redford would have to introduce it early in her term (my bet: 2013 budget) and hope the anger blows over in time for 2016. And you can bet Wildrose would hammer Redford hard on it and make sure that in the minds of Albertans, this massive new tax was introduced because Redford couldn't control her spending. In the next election, they wouldn't need "Danidollars" to try for a populist spin. They would could promise instead to dump that tax.