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Originally Posted by GGG
I also don’t trust Albertans to think long term. We continuously choose short term tax breaks / spending over saving. When Prentice asked us to look in the mirror we booted him. A PST would be political suicide despite the fact that having one would have enabled us not to be reliant on oil by now. In general we chose short term prosperity over long. We are not a group of voters who should be in charge of a defined benefit pension plan.
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A substantial number of people living (and voting) in Albertan are just here to make money during their peak earning years, and then return to elsewhere in Canada when the energy industry declines, or to retire. They don’t concern themselves with the strength of public health care or education in the province 30 or 40 years down the road. In that light, it’s understandable that maximizing their take-home pay here and now is their overriding political concern.
So no, I don’t trust voters in this province to make wise long-term decisions.