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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Albertans have much higher personal and corporate income than other provinces, so a lower rate still gives a higher dollar amount.
Also, I think we have a higher per capita take from liquor and VLTs.
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This is why I want to see how they get to those figures. I have absolutely zero problem with consumption taxes like alcohol and VLTs. I have some major misgivings about VLTs in general, but that is another issue.
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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Incomes are much higher.
Many believe the low tax environment spurs business development, investment, and job creation. Some even called that the Alberta Advantage.
Thus, low taxes = high revenues. It's only a myth that Alberta has a revenue problem.
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Well if this is based on the fact that we have higher incomes, ergo more tax revenue, its a smoke screen. We could have the lowest taxes in the nation and have no debt concerns whatsoever. Thats basically using a statistic to try to show that we are somehow heavily taxed here, and that is obviously nonsense.