Quote:
Originally Posted by jayswin
Keep in mind these aren't actually the good times for many, many Albertans due to inflation and dealing with the Covid world, regardless of Oil booming. Most of us are paying $200-$400 more a month than usual on gas and goods and struggling with it.
I guess for the higher earners it's the same as any other boom, but yeah I'm not feeling that in my circles at all. Most are really cutting back and doing whatever they can to save money here and there.
|
I think that speaks to the issue Slava mentioned. The government has more money... great... where is it?
I'm pro-PST. I'm pro-pipeline. I'm all for us maximizing resource revenues and increasing taxation. But the money needs to make life better for the average person and it's not doing that. I'm fine if you want to charge people to go to Kananaskis to protect Kananaskis... but I'm not fine with that money just going out the window. There's lots of instances like that.
I don't want the government to have a surplus when it comes on the back of attempts to gut our healthcare and degrade our educational institutions. That's not a win to me. You got more money and you made life worse for the average person. Not the wealthy person. Not a large corporation. The average person. You failed.
We need a PST. But I have zero confidence the UCP would use that money in a way that actually benefits the average Albertan. They don't give a #### about any of us. The NDP did, even if they made mistakes. Even if someone disagreed with NDP policies, I see no logical way they could argue the NDP cared less about average people than the UCP.