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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
UCP with no plan >>>>> NDP with plan.
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Seriously the problem with socialist governments is that you get blindsided by their post-election taxes and spending on top of any pre-election platforms. Witness the NDP in BC that introduced their abhorrent and dishonest speculation tax after they cobbled their coalition together with the Green Party. At least have the guts to tell people about it before they vote....
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These two opinions sort of run counter to each other, don’t you think? Unless you’re just engaging in blind partisanship.
The phrase “the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t” comes to mind. The Conservative party had an incredibly damaging and short sighted recent record before they got the boot, with the only bright spot being a man who told Albertans we’d need to smarten up about our spending. He, very unfortunately, is gone.
I personally definitely need to see something from the UCP before casting a vote. As fun as the no-platform game is, if you want to build trust and buy in from Albertans as a whole, you need to show your cards and show us what we’re buying into. Give us some sort of vision.
Running on “we’re just different” is poor form, and if the NDP is an example then we’ve seen that it can get you elected but you’re suddenly left scrambling and you end up doing a pretty poor job for Albertans as a whole.
Why some voters would be happy about a platform-less UCP while complaining about the NDP not putting the Carbon Tax in their platform before a vote is kind of insane.
Let’s smarten up and expect more from the parties asking us to trust them. NDP, UCP, Liberals, AP, whatever. Show your cards and sell us on an actual plan, not some short sighted and idiotic desire to show up another party. Try giving a damn about what happens after the election.