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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE
I really don't understand the lower taxes argument by people in this province. We pay 10%. How much lower do people expect it go without SERIOUSLY impacting the things that in the next breath you bitch about?? Less taxes = fewer nurses, no highways, more debt, and simply passes the buck to the next generation to figure out (I'm 34). If anything this province needs higher taxes because with the O+G windfalls we still can't figure out how to balance a ####ing budget. Gross incompetence doesnt quite cut it.
Sure we bitch about Redford wasting tens of thousands and how government is inefficient. I hate it as much as the next guy, but I do believe it's small potatoes.
I can't stand the PC's in this province and don't know who to vote for. Maybe someone with an accounting degree that isn't a social right wing zealot.
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Actually, the huge accumulation of debt is what really is passing the buck onto the next generation. Now not only will they have to pay taxes on what they want to provide for social services, they also have to pay for all the borrowed cash that people today wanted to spend but didn't want to pay for.
Last election was a stark contrast fiscally between keeping taxes flat and cutting spending for a balanced budget (Wildrose), raising taxes and raising spending for balanced budget (Liberal), and keeping taxes flat and raising spending for huge debt. I said at the time and still believe anyone who voted PC last election voted to take away some options of the next generation.
Unfortunately Alberta got exactly what we voted for.