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Originally Posted by Makarov
I guess, but since you have utterly failed to prove the totally counterintuitive proposition that it is possible for governments to artificially supress incomes by providing public services (even ignoring all of the other problems, like failing to account for all of the other factors which might measure "standard of living"), its a meaningless observation, no?
The ironic thing is that the purpose of equalization is to help achieve exactly what you seem to be advocating for: equal capacity among provinces to provide services.
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I'm not sure what you are saying I "utterly failed to prove" when you agreed with the example I provided...
Anyways, I am ignoring my work and skimming the article. I'm finding it to be a good read so far. And it does seem like changes have been made to the program to improve it.
I guess my efficiency focused mind pushed me away from the transfer payment system. It was shocking to read that PEI has a fiscal capacity that is 1/3rd that of Alberta's. Based on that, I'd be in favour of flying everyone from PEI to Alberta. We could turn PEI into a huge potato farm or something.