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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Meanwhile Albertian work more hours than anywhere else in the country to pay for that sense of entitlement.
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Yeah, I read that study. The provinces that had higher employment rates obviously had more paid hours. However, when my uncle is unemployed, he's chopping wood of his woodlot so he and my relatives can heat their homes or my aunt volunteering at the schools or my mother working at the food bank. None of which is counting towards paid hours and were not added to the "study".
It's not like equalization payments are socialism where they are taking the money you earn and giving it to people in Nova Scotia who sit around all day collecting welfare and equalization payments so they can get big screen TVs. This is money earmarked for education so that the children get a decent education and can build a better economy. Or move to Alberta/Ontario as the case may be. The goal here is to provide health care and education; the basic building blocks necessary to build a decent economy.