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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
For me as an Albertan now living outside Alberta, the most puzzling thing for me in discussions of politics and economics is when Albertans will seem to dismiss the idea of high taxes while at the same time lamenting not having the resources they create.
"That could never happen here, we have low taxes." As if there is some predetermined, perhaps geological barrier towards raising taxes in Alberta.
I can't make heads or tails of it.
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It's not hard to raise taxes when all of your neighbours have high taxes. We don't have neighbours with high taxes. For better or worse, NA is a lower tax environment and businesses and people don't just stay in a region that pushes up taxes when they can just go next door.
So yes, there are barriers, the North American tax climate.