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Originally Posted by Fire
It's pretty sad that the typical PC apologists are out in full force defending this obvious corrupt government. They have done severe damage to Fort McLeod because they didn't elect the right party. To top it off they lied about the size of the deficit during the election. It's now three times the size and they haven't even started their ridiculous spending promises yet. I guess they need to hope that Oil gets up to $130 a barrel so they have a chance to balance the budget.
Alberta got what they voted for.
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Originally Posted by Dion
It gets better. Redford is promising no more cuts or increased taxes. Just wait until the doctors, teachers and other unions come looking for money. As Randy Bachman said in one of his songs.."You ain't seen nothing yet..."
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Alright, the PCs screwed this up, we agree on that. As for the rest about the deficit and budget though this is just purely made-up tripe for the Wildrose. I know full well the two of you would never vote Liberal or NDP, so you're basically looking at the PC's or Wildrose, which is where I'll focus this.
First of all, how much was the Wildrose expecting to get out of energy for their budget? Where did they have a barrel of oil?
Second, and specifically to you Dion, the jab about "wait til the unions come..." is hilarious. As if the Wildrose is going to be some great union sympathizer! This is the party that wanted to freeze the public sector and cut wages. I don't think that the union leaders were salivating at negotiations in the event that the Wildrose won, but go ahead and try to spin that somehow.
Finally, how is this "severe damage" exactly? Its no more severe than a lot of other capital projects that are on the drawing board but are never built (the SW ring road comes to mind). Its a nice little to have. Sure, the province ought to have gone through this process differently, but otherwise the Wildrose has nothing to say. They either wouldn't have built the school either or they would've built it as a political favour for them winning the seat when it was otherwise unnecessary.