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Originally Posted by Locke
I dont at all mean to attack you but this is the issue. Having some Economist make some ass-covered non-definitive statement using ancient data making half-assed comments and then having people use that as some sort of rock-solid evidence is insane.
I mean, I'd expect no less from the NDP but most people using their own brain should be able to realize that this data from 2011/12 is somewhat...um...irrelevant to...you know...real life...that thing thats happening right now in front of their eyes.
And its lazy. Which might be the worst.
"Albertans have the lowest Tax Burden in Canada!"
What does that even mean?
Who? Small Businesses with under 5 employees? Seniors with dementia? Oil Sheikhs who love to ski? Multi-Billion dollar Oil Conglomerates? Mom and Pop's Ice Cream Shop?
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By all means, provide a source that you think is more current and more accurate. None of the posters decrying Alberta's rapid decent into Soviet economic collapse have done so so far.
Even this sketchy report (
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/arti...ly-set-to-grow) from the Fraser Institute (yuck) has to bend over backwards to come to the conclusion that Alberta's tax burden may, in 2017, be only second lowest (to Saskatchewan). Oh the humanity!