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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Sacrifice salary? So the salaries of public sector employees in this province haven't gone up far faster than inflation over the last 15 years? And teachers and nurses don't make tens of thousands of dollars a year more than their counterparts in other provinces?
Sorry, but if Alberta public sector workers are too dumb to recognize the tremendous gains in compensation they've enjoyed due to the O&G industry in this province, then I don't have any sympathy. They can move to Manitoba and see how much they enjoy it.
About the only thing I'm optimistic about with the NDP regime is that they'll finally address the disproportionate power rural voters have in this province. If the WR get in, we'll see rural votes continue to be worth 2-3 times as much as urban votes. That's an embarrassment to democracy, and a gross distortion of the will of the citizens of this province.
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Why do you want to harm the economy more by reducing the income of albertans that still have jobs? According to you, if Alberta had the same taxes as the next lowest jurisdiction in Canada there would be no deficit?
In a consumer economy in a recession the government shouldn't be putting their thumb on the scale to turn 150 000 job losses into 170 000.
That doesn't make any sense. I mean, this is basically the exact same argument as those opposed to a royalty review.
Cutting public sector salaries will make Alberta's economics WORSE, not better.