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Originally Posted by darklord700
I hope Redford would be stupid enough to introduce an Alberta Sales tax. That'll spell a Wildrose majority in three years time. I don't even think the PC cacus will allow that even.
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If Redford implements a sales tax, I would be honestly shocked. If she does she'll have sealed her own fate politically and the rest of the party's fate and you can usher in Premier Anderson. That's why I'd be shocked if they go down that route, as much as the PCs have dropped the ball since April there is enough politically savy people in the ranks to know that's a horrible, horrible move.
But, three years is going to be a long, long, long time in the political life cycle and a lot can change. I wouldn't bank on the PC's continue to struggle politically long term. Sure they can continue to on the series of political PR debacles or playing right into the strengths of the Wildrose or they could just as easily turn it around.
I haven't had a full chance to go through the budget, but overall it seams to lean towards populist causes - Twinning Highway 63, Increading Health Care, Building New Schools - while not introducing any new taxes. The people really hit hardest are Universities (which I think is a bad call, but if anything the average person isn't that sympathetic to Students complaining about raising tuition) and to some extent Seniors, but not in an obvious way.
It'll be interesting to see how this "big bad budget" pans out in three years.