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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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.
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Talking about "pet favourite groups that need to pay for the services they consume"...
Actually, alberta's primary problem is the woeful way they treat extraction of their natural resources and how they don't actually collect even the woeful percentage they are actually owed for that extraction.
50-60 billion dollars, outstanding, from historically low royalty rates.
Ef your taxes, just collect what's owed and start from there.
I think we might even agree about the taxes, I just think that revenue should come from, you know, the resources belonging to the citizens of Alberta.