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Originally Posted by GGG
Do you have objections to specific NDP policies or the general idea of the NDP?
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Fiscally, they’re terrible. On energy they did a number of things that were emblematic of their ideological approach to things (the royalty review, the appointment of Tzeporah Berman spring to mind). And the continued bloating of the public service under the guise of creating better infrastructure and providing better service to Albertans. Then you have the broken promises about school fees, and the laughable cabinet appointments. And you know I didn’t mention the billions spent on their power debacle, the lightbulbs, the borrowing to pay all these people to do this junk. It was fiscally pathetic. The only reason it looks ok now is we got another royalty boom to cover the tab.
It’s not like they were this bastion of good government. They totally got lucky, and it reminds me of the Eddie Murphy bit in Delirious where he’s imitating the white guy saying he was drunk and yelling “I just voted for Jesse Jackson!” The punchline (delivered only as Murphy can) is the same sobered up guy who says “he ####ing won?!” That’s 2015.
And I’ll just say it now. No the UCP isn’t better, because I know that’s what people are going to ask. But that’s my point…two options and a lot of people don’t really want to vote for either.