04-02-2019, 09:31 AM
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#1041
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Yup....Rachel is the one looking out for Albertans.
A sobering read and well laid out.
The ineptitude on this one single issue should be enough for people to admit this gang of clowns should be no where near making decisions that affect every single person in this province. An utter disaster.
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The PPA crapshow is what has convinced me that this NDP government should be no where near power again. Too bad it was so long ago that most people seemed to have forgotten it, even though a reminder is on our power bills every month.
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04-02-2019, 09:32 AM
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#1042
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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I had to laugh this morning when I looked at the Calgary Herald this morning. Giant front page advertisement: “Jason Kenny is going to leave it in the ground! Notley is the only one fighting for pipelines!”.
Poor NDP getting desperate?
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04-02-2019, 09:39 AM
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#1043
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
The PPA crapshow is what has convinced me that this NDP government should be no where near power again. Too bad it was so long ago that most people seemed to have forgotten it, even though a reminder is on our power bills every month.
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Yeah when you understand what happened, and i just learned all this stuff recently myself, that the level of ineptitude is unlike anything we have seen before.
Not only did they do every single thing wrong, they did it AS wrong as they could have.
Ideology baby!!
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04-02-2019, 09:40 AM
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#1044
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Norm!
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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04-02-2019, 09:59 AM
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#1045
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Alberta
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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so 117 pages vs. 44 pages. guess it makes sense for the NDP platform to be much smaller as we already know what they're doing to Alberta.
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04-02-2019, 10:04 AM
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#1046
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Franchise Player
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Has the NDP indicated how they actually plan to balance the budget in 4 (I think?) years like they claim? New Taxes? Or how they are going to pay for all the promises they have made this campaign? I think its closing in on $5 billion now.
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04-02-2019, 10:05 AM
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#1047
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Springfield
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Originally Posted by Weitz
Has the NDP indicated how they actually plan to balance the budget in 4 (I think?) years like they claim? New Taxes? Or how they are going to pay for all the promises they have made this campaign? I think its closing in on $5 billion now.
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PST. They just won't mention it during the campaign. It will be similar to how they didn't mention the carbon tax last campaign.
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Uh... Lance Uppercut.
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04-02-2019, 10:07 AM
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#1048
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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This is the main problem with Notely on Pipelines, she continues to talk about "the pipeline" as if we will only ever need one, and part of the reason we're in this predicament, all the eggs in one goverment owned basket:
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“We will fight without relent to build pipelines,” Kenney wrote in his platform introduction.
Notley also noted the issue in her platform message, telling fellow Albertans, “We’ve been through a lot over these last four years. A tough recession, a pipeline fight for the ages, and a lot in between.”
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04-02-2019, 10:08 AM
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#1049
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RANDOM USER TITLE CHANGE
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
Has the NDP indicated how they actually plan to balance the budget in 4 (I think?) years like they claim? New Taxes? Or how they are going to pay for all the promises they have made this campaign? I think its closing in on $5 billion now.
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There's no way in hell it will happen. As soon as they go to borrow more $$, the province's credit rating will take another hit and those costs will go up.
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04-02-2019, 10:09 AM
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#1050
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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PST is something this province should be considering, regardless of party. It is a consumption tax, and if it can help reduce or prevent taxation in other areas, it's something worth discussing.
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04-02-2019, 10:09 AM
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#1051
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
Has the NDP indicated how they actually plan to balance the budget in 4 (I think?) years like they claim? New Taxes? Or how they are going to pay for all the promises they have made this campaign? I think its closing in on $5 billion now.
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The same way as the UCP - very optimistic projections for organic revenue growth.
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04-02-2019, 10:14 AM
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#1052
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
PST is something this province should be considering, regardless of party. It is a consumption tax, and if it can help reduce or prevent taxation in other areas, it's something worth discussing.
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Or go one step ahead and just get a VAT.
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04-02-2019, 10:23 AM
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#1053
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
PST is something this province should be considering, regardless of party. It is a consumption tax, and if it can help reduce or prevent taxation in other areas, it's something worth discussing.
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I hope that if that's in the NDP's plans should they win that they at least campaign on it this time!
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04-02-2019, 11:20 AM
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#1054
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#1 Goaltender
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So you're actually back, eh peter? I thought it was an April Fools joke 
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04-02-2019, 11:37 AM
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#1055
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: The Windy City
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The further this election moves along, and more so this province I'm becoming more on board with a PST. I see it as the best possible option to slow our growing debt. I'm just waiting for one of the 2 parties to be open about it.
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04-02-2019, 11:47 AM
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#1056
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by brocoli
The further this election moves along, and more so this province I'm becoming more on board with a PST. I see it as the best possible option to slow our growing debt. I'm just waiting for one of the 2 parties to be open about it.
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Slow... is the unfortunate reality. At some point, Albertans will have to give up the old resource revenue teat and fix their expectations with reality.
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04-02-2019, 11:51 AM
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#1057
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by peter12
Slow... is the unfortunate reality. At some point, Albertans will have to give up the old resource revenue teat and fix their expectations with reality.
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Well that will be part of it, but even more effective?
Quit spending so much money that they do not have. Seems simple eh?
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04-02-2019, 11:58 AM
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#1058
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Albertans need to do the same. They have the highest consumer debt/capita (non-mortgage debt) in the country.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/loc...nterest-survey
Perhaps the next government needs to provide subsidized financial planning services for all Albertans so that debt levels can be managed better at an individual level. Part of this could also include subsidized re-training for new industries or different veins of existing industries.
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04-02-2019, 12:02 PM
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#1059
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Well that will be part of it, but even more effective?
Quit spending so much money that they do not have. Seems simple eh?
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I can't imagine anything more unpopular from an electorate's standpoint. Albertans love their benefits.
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04-02-2019, 12:05 PM
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#1060
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by peter12
I can't imagine anything more unpopular from an electorate's standpoint. Albertans love their benefits.
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Who doesn't?
But as Ralph showed, sometimes doing the unpopular but necessary thing really does work in the long run. Both in real world effectiveness as well as political popularity.
We could start by not paying hundreds of people to change light bulbs.
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