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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Go ahead and post the link then. I like my facts to be checkable, not the word of a fierce Wildrose supporter.
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What facts would you like checked, Mr. Wizard?
I would suggest you read the Wildrose budget submission. And you can see the spending problems clearly defined since Lougheed/Getty in detail here:
http://www.taxpayer.com/sites/defaul...d%20Budget.pdf
Specifically: Ralph Klein was elected on the promise to tame the deficit and eliminate Alberta‟s debt, not by increasing taxes, but rather by making spending cuts. And cut he did. In fact, between 1993 and 1997 the Klein government cut 21.6 per cent in program spending. It‟s often suggested that Klein, “cut to the bone,” or implemented “slash and burn” policies. Rhetoric aside, where did Alberta stand in 1997 in comparison to other provinces?
At the depth of the spending cuts in 1996-97, Alberta was still, per capita, the sixth highest spending province in the nation at $4,568.