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Originally Posted by Zarley
I just realized that we've hijacked the federal thread with provincial talk, perhaps we should switch threads?
Yes, I realize this. The Alberta government has been overspending since the early 2000s. Our per capita expenditures are off the charts. Almost every NDP policy plank that isn't related to tax increases involves increased spending. What's worse is that most of the increased spending is operational rather than capital in nature. Based on their platform, I don't foresee an increase in the type of infrastructure investment that would be beneficial for economic growth and soften the blow of the rest of their incoming fiscal policy. Even if half of the platform planks are implemented in government policy, it will have a negative impact on the province.
Great contribution to the discussion!
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You choose to believe the absolute worst is coming. So it is worth wondering whether you truly believe it, or if you're acting over the top scared but are not actually scared. If you are moving, you practice what you preach. If you aren't, you're being absurdly hyperbolic. You truly have no idea what is coming. What if 3 years from now the economy is great? I'm guessing you'll give the NDP no credit and claim something else is primarily responsible.
I'm actually not an NDP supporter at all. I'm truly not sure what's to come. I just know the PC plan was to be on their knees for corporations (and to be corrupt as hell), and the Wildrose plan was no tax increases and....???? So you're acting like the NDP was a catastrophic choice, when really there were no good choices at all.
Had the PCs won, taxes would be going up anyways on everyone but the richest people. If the WR won, there would be no plan. I'm not too sure what makes the NDP significantly worse than those options