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Originally Posted by Izzle
Probably when you drop your ego and realize that there are only two parties in Alberta that could form government. In effect, not voting for the NDP is de facto voting for the UCP and vice versa. Perhaps listen to your fellow Albertans in this thread who have given numerous examples of why the UCP is terrible and vote for the NDP in solidarity with them. Sure, NDP might be bad for you from a tax perspective but they're genuinely trying to help all Albertans as opposed to only their friends. Slava, this might feel like piling on, but believe you me, if you were Yoho, I wouldn't be wasting time typing out a response. You're so close to voting for the NDP. It could be a very unselfish vote if you do.
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Love that first line because it's not condescending at all. Just that I should vote the same as you do, because
my ego is too big? Come on.
But more to the heart of the matter is this line. They will assuredly be worse for me and my taxes. That's actually my main dislike of them. The disingenuous "tax the rich* and corporations". Sounds great because no one thinks they're rich. Then they define rich at some obviously middle class level, and it costs a pile of us more money. Same kind of thing with corporations. It sounds great because that sounds like it's going to be massive corporations and "they'll hardly notice". But in reality, most of the corporations are small businesses and "just taxing" us isn't unnoticed. It actually all comes from the same wallet!
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Originally Posted by GGG
If you can justify your vote based on a real evaluation of policy proposals and previous government behaviours without using things like the NDP party constitution and the mid characterizing of appointments and come to the conclusion that the UCP is better for you.
And you should be able to name specific policies that would need to be adopted or changed that prevent you from voting for them.
Then you can be absolved. To date (not that you owe it to CP) you have not provided that rationalization.
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So look at real policies and ignore the constitution? That's amusing.
I've already said that I might end up voting for the NDP, and I am coming to grips with that. But, I know that I'm going to regret that, and I'm not sure why no one else here seems to want to admit that.