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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77

Of course it could! what would you propose... Province of Alberta only support health care and not invest in any urban upgrades?

Yeah, totally. Definitely the only alternative. Great stuff.

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

It would be quite inefficient to send an individual to collect 5 dollars from every person in the province. That is absurd

Don’t worry, it was just a made up job based on your made up calculation. Nobody is going to ask you to do it.

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

It’s not in the ether. Infrastructure is infrastructure. It’s budgeted, it’s being allocated. They said no incremental tax dollars during the presser.

I never said there should be no detailed disclosure, I agree there should be

“It’s budgeted” doesn’t mean anything when it being budgeted there instead of elsewhere is the issue.

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

And never said the money couldn’t be better spent. For a lot of people, sure it can. So what. That applies to every dollar spent everywhere

That’s not how this works and is a genuinely hilarious position to have. Sure, cancer centre money could be better spent on new cars for people who won’t get cancer, but that’s not a real life position any serious person takes. Come on now.

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Nobody is ever going to gift wrap a full guaranteed investment plan with full ROI for you. You know that.

But you can figure out what some of those numbers are if you want. It’s easy. Assume a percent of the investment going to labour, assume a nominal tax rate, there is a line item for you.

Yeah, ROI isn’t derived from made up line items. That might be how it works to people that say “so what” to money being poorly spent, but that’s not actually how it works.

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

What do you think they can do better? Consult with Qatar about how they managed to quickly and efficiently build so many stadiums?

Yes, that is a great read on my position. Let’s pass it over to Qatar.