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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
I think bringing our spending under control would be of much more importance than pretending we have some kind of revenue shortage. We live in a province where spending has increased almost 50% in the last decade AFTER accounting for inflation and population growth (over 100% increase before adjustments). The average Alberta bureaucrat costs 10% more than the comparable employee in the private sector, and the management to worker ratio is ridiculous.
If we'd kept our spending in line with other provinces, like Ontario or Saskatchewan, we'd have remained in the black with billions saved in the heritage trust fund as well.
We need to stop overspending before we institute any new taxes.
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I really agree with this post, there should be no talk about increasing taxation until there's a full look at how the money is being spent.
you can't increase taxes to cover incompetent planning.