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Old 03-13-2006, 05:53 PM   #20
Bend it like Bourgeois
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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
again, i'm sorta new to paying attention to this kind of stuff so i'm probably not even fit to try to defend policies on this and my facts are most likely wrong:
You're as fit as anyone I'm sure.

My concerns center around 2 things:

- king ralph ruling by decree and literally governing by the seat of his pants, often in ways motivated more by ego and politics than prudent management of the province
- the PCs total abandonment of fiscal responsibility since 2001

So, for example, the infamous Ralphbucks program was conceived, decided, and announced without consultation from his cabinet, the treasury, or his caucus. Some members of caucus damn near begged to revisit the issue and Ralph just decided it should be thus. He wouldn't even allow a vote. That's 1.4 billion spent without any discussion, debate, consideration or god forbid a plan. even if you like the idea (and about half of Albertans do) the process is not way to run a government.
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