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Originally Posted by Vedder
Your larger point is right, but Jim Prentice actually campaigned on addressing some of the structural revenue problems in Alberta and got destroyed for it.
The lack of a truly fiscally conservetive party in Alberta is mainly because it’s not politically viable.
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For decades, Albertans clung to a fantasy that because we're special people, we can have the education and health care system of a place with high taxes, while enjoying a low tax regime. This fantasy, of course, was enabled by massive windfalls of energy royalties.
Since this fantasy lasted for decades, it will likely take decades for Albertans to acknowledge the harsh reality that we're just another place and we have to pay for the stuff we want the way other people do.