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Originally Posted by spotthefan
I agree there needs to be clear plans for balanced budgets.
And you can say the cuts won’t come from the frontline but the reality is, there just isn’t that much to cut. If you cut salaries from admin and “management” in the public service, saving 500 millions would be generous.
Nurses, doctors, teachers have all been well compensated in the province - like every other profession and trade in the province. Fact is we are still highest in average earnings in Canada across sectors.
Those unemployed and hurting the most are 18-24 uneducated and untrained males. Oil workers. Reality is that those jobs aren’t coming back regardless of who is in government.
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I’m not just asking you, but isn’t my role as a voter to say “this is my expectation” and it’s up to the government to work towards that? Obviously not just me personally, but the electorate in general.
And here in Alberta, we have had what I consider to be poor fiscal management for the past few years. In no particular order:
- borrowing for operations
- money spent on pet projects with no actual plan (Alberta Parks is what I’m referring to here)
- the three credit downgrades other posters have referred to
- the fact that despite increased revenues the government blew through that increase and then some
And I’m a Keynesian guy. I know we should borrow while rates are low and I think it will spur the economy over the long term. But the harsh reality is my top point is what they actually did. That’s not spurring the economy, it’s inability to find any savings and just completely untenable.