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Originally Posted by Red
Where was the outrage when just last year Jim Prentice dropped new taxes on booze, smokes, incomes and 4 cents per litre on gasoline (equivalent to the carbon tax)? Plus the alberta healthcare premiums. All in one swoop?
The PC crowd seems really selective at who they bark at.
I hate all these taxes as much as anyone, but lets not pretend that the PCs would have left our wallets alone.
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Obviously they intended to increase revenues. I'm quite simple on that one. If you increase my taxes, I'm likely to be pissed about it regardless of the color of your party.
But the PC's also intended to REDUCE EXPENSES, which, according to the NDP isn't an option. Three cheers for $50+Bn in debt for four years of keeping the lights on of our enlightened orange government.
I can also guarantee you that they wouldn't have pursued asinine changes to the competitiveness of doing business in Alberta in the midst of the most vicious recession since the 1980's.
But here we are.
May 31, 2019.