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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
Certainly neither the current provincial government or national government have shown that they should be trusted with that high of a tax increase, but I still think it has value as a realistic concept.
Personally, I think (in Alberta specifically) the tax rate is criminally low. Even a PST of 5% would be valuable. The amount of cuts that happen in this province of social programs is concerning considering the wealth we have. Part of that is mismanaging the money we have. Another smaller part is the lack of proper taxation I think.
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Well, Alberta's primary problem is more likely wasteful spending rather than lack of revenue, but the question of whether the province utilizes appropriate taxation levels is valid. However, you completely ignored my objection to your ludicrous tax scheme. What on earth would lend
anyone to support the idea that they should give up such a ludicrous percentage of their income, on top of what they already give up, because the government says that it is better able to spend that money on other people? Any government that suggested something so stupid would lose every seat it held in the following election, and rightly so.
A tax that high isn't simply funding a social safety net. It's funding outright socialism. It is also rather ironic given you want jack the hell out of a consumption tax to relieve pet favourite groups of the need to pay for services they consume.