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Originally Posted by chemgear
Well, I hear things like:
- significantly increasing the minimum wage in a short span of time actually INCREASES employment
- a tax is revenue neutral if you spend it all on other things
- suing yourself in an attempt retroactively change terms of contracts in your favor don't have a chilling effect on investment and business sentiment
- increasing business tax actually improves the economic situation of those businesses
- increasing the cost of fuel won't affect the cost of items that need to be transported around like your food
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I know, right? She is so consistently wrong but in so many various arenas that its hard to put your finger on.
I'll tell you what though, as Albertans if this thing is only going to cost us a cool $100 per family then I propose this:
I will e-transfer my $100 to the Alberta Government right now, they can have the full value of the time-value of my $100 in their pockets right now, up front, in exchange for a Carbon Tax Exemption Card.
It shall read:
"Locke has paid his 2017 Carbon Tax, you have to charge him fuel, gas and electricity at the old rates and groceries at the old price. Anything that has seen its price rise due to the Carbon Tax must be charged to Locke at it's historical price for 2017."
Now....you think theres going to be any takers on that? I'm skeptical.