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Originally Posted by Tinordi
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So their solution would be to raise our tax levels to the same as Norways to pay of budgetary items.
Norway total taxation as a percentage of GDP = 43.6
Canada = 32.2
So for Alberta to get to a normalized percentage of taxation to GDP our tax rates would likely need to more than double.
While I do think that getting rid of the 10% flat tax is a must. I would prefer a mix of increased revenue and decreased spending vs only increased revenue.
Publicly funded services should only be looked on as a service when necessary and not one that needs as convenient as a service you would get from the private sector. To think that you should get the same service for no extra payment is crazyness.
I do agree, resource revenues should not be used to pay for yearly budgetary items. Only 1 time costs such as infrastructure etc.