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Originally Posted by Slava
sure, but what if the realism is that our taxes are too low? I totally get that no one wants to pay more, but it seems like the Wildrose and their supporters are focused purely on cuts. We've seen that this is almost surely not going to get it done though; so why discount the increasing revenue side of the ledger?
I know that politically its a whole different mindset, but I'm hoping that the province makes economic decisions based on something other than ideology and rhetoric. I recognize fully that tomorrow is unlikely to result in that (as I noted above), but I still hope for this.
Oh, and btw one of you heroes in Ralph Klein increased spending by about 125% in his tenure. So while people point to him as some economic savant who could get things in line and make the tough calls it just wasn't the complete story.
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I would be fine with raising taxes only after the government has demonstrated that they actually did cost cutting first. Real cost cutting measures, like rolling back public sector compensation to be more in line with the private sector; reducing management overhead and implementing real delivery benchmarks in the highest spending areas. Until that is done, I don't event want to see them entertain the idea of raising taxes.