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Originally Posted by ThePrince
It's still crazy to me how so many use the "there's no direct equalization payment" or "equalization isn't an extra payment" as some sort of gotcha about how equalization works and that Albertans' issues with it are misguided somehow.
The issue is that, like edslunch admits, Alberta contributes more than it receives because Albertans make more on average. Well Albertans make more on average because of an industry that generates a tremendous amount of wealth for Albertans, which is passed along to the rest of the country via equalization payments.
That's where Albertans get pissed. Ya there's no extra or direct equalization payments, but by actively hurting the industry that provides the source of that additional wealth, you are hurting both Albertans and the rest of the country.
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So how does Alberta, or the Government of Alberta, have the right to complain about federal taxation? it doesn't.
It's not Alberta's money. So the Alberta Government can shut the #### up about it.