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Originally Posted by GGG
If you take the last NDP budget in 2018 56 billion, apply inflation 1.19, and pop growth 1.07 you get 71.3 Billion. However since half the expenses are wages and wages haven’t gone up at the rate of inflation the actual affect should be less.
So it’s reasonable to suggest that the NDP would have spent about as much as the UCP. But this clearly shows the UCP aren’t the party of fiscal restraint. And the NDP would have had greater revenue sources in corporate taxation and carbon taxes.
The UCP have not made any progress on reducing our dependence on fossil fuel revenues.
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Well put. The NDP won't be a party of austerity. It is difficult for any party to be that in the face of inflation.
That said, if AB is going to have a massive budget I would prefer it is focused on strengthening public health care, and public education rather than syphoning off funds to enter litigious battles with the Federal Government.
That said, The