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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I disagree. The desire by most Albertans to have some of the lowest taxes in the civilized world while expecting public services that are second-to-none is a huge political problem. The last politician to point out the incomparability of those two desires was vilified for it. Basically, Alberta has an extraordinarily entitled population.
It's not as though we're trying to do something unique here. There are places in the world that don't have oil, don't have royalties of any kind, and still manage to provide a decent standard of living and high quality public services to citizens.
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Totally agree. I was hoping the NDP would be the ones to grow a pair and bring Alberta into the sales tax era (while cutting spending, etc.) but, like the PCs before, they don't have the guts to do it.
I wish politics/government was more about governing and doing what's best for your people/province/country rather than doing things to ensure you win the next election.