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Originally Posted by jammies
I think we have been undertaxed in Alberta for decades, but I don't agree that the current implementation of the carbon tax is anything other than a disaster. If the money was funding alternative energy research, or rebates for energy efficient construction, or.... anything really that's directly relevant to reducing GHGs, then I'd be at least ambivalent. So far it seems the plan is to reduce emissions by ensuring power becomes unaffordable, which I guess will work, but hardly seems the optimal course.
Raising taxes to cover spending is one thing. Raising taxes, and then borrowing huge amounts is entirely another, and it being amateur hour every time new policy is announced is even more inexcusable. Who imagined the days of bumbling Ed Stelmach would be regarded with fond nostalgia?
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Yes! Yes! Come to the dark side! Search your feelings, you know it to be true!
Oh wait....you hate Star Wars...nevermind.
In seriousness though, this is what a lot of people pretty much envisioned, rhetoric and idealism being put ahead of reality with a complete lack of understanding of the consequences.
"Oh, if you dont like the NDP you hate the environment and public servants!!!"
No...this is amateur hour of the highest order and these people arent grounded in the same reality as the rest of us.