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Originally Posted by flamesfever
If we go back to the NDP, I predict a number of things will happen:
1. Corporate and personal taxes will increase
2. The number of people working for the government will increase
3. Government handouts will be the norm.
4. Our provincial debt will balloon, hopefully not as bad as Ray managed to do in Ontario
5. Our provincial government will be too cozy with the Federal Government, and refrain for standing up for our rights as a province.
6. Foreign investment will continue to lag
7. Our P & NG reserves and production will drop, and the price of gas at the pump will increase dramatically
8. Our hunters will have fewer guns, but the crooks will still be well armed
9. Our province and the residents will be worse off five years from now
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Corporate and personal taxes should absolutely go up for high earners. I think people should be taxed 50% over $200k and 90% over $1,000,000. I say that understanding it would create problems since other jurisdictions wouldn't do the same, but I'm talking in my Utopia. I
hate seeing the spread between haves and have-nots grow. I'd like the wealthy to still be able to be wealthy, but maybe to a more reasonable degree if it means elevating those who aren't as lucky (and let's face it, wealthy people are wealthy primarily because of luck and not because they're just so awesome compared to everyone else).
So yeah, my vote for NDP would come with the hope for higher taxes knowing I would be taxed more. Because I like to think I'm not selfish.
What rights as a province are we so worried about exactly? I'm a Canadian first and an Albertan second. It's not like I cruised around Europe in the 90s with an Alberta flag on my backpack like some total weirdo. It was the maple leaf.
You're worried about foreign investment? Okay, well let's kick UCP to the curb, then. They're creating instability with their stupidity (e.g. how they're handling the film industry).
Hunters will have fewer guns? IDK, as long as they have some I think they'll be okay. I'm sensitive to the fact that it's their hobby and different guns serve different purposes for them, so I'm not in favour of taking all their guns or something. I know there has been gun restriction talk lately, but I guess I don't know enough about it to saddle up to either party on this one. I do know that people in Canada don't generally use guns for self-defense, anyway, so I guess I've just never worried about bad guys with guns in my life. Are you and that's why you brought that up?
I don't feel like going through the rest of your points, but IDK man, I just think you've boogie-manned the NDP into not viewing them - or UCP - rationally.