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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
I think that a minor sales tax (say 2%) would be practically unnoticeable and would be very useful if 100% of it was used to grow the Heritage Fund.
Adding the revenue to the operating funds of the Government would be less useful
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Agree, we need more tax, Alberta is wasting it's economic advantage.
However, the tough sell to the voter would be the slippery slope argument. I think most people think once a 2% tax is introduced, it will slowly slide up to 10% over the years. Even if only used for the heritage fund it will be diverted in hard times.
Extra income for the government is an addiction, just like rebates to the tax payer (see Alaska).