04-08-2019, 02:31 PM
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#1861
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Handsome B. Wonderful
When things are on a downswing there's lower employment, lower spending, and therefore lower revenue from a PST. Where is the stability?
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So therefore you must have some evidence that consumer spending changes more than a few percentage points from year to year. Except - it doesn't. Especially not downwards.
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04-08-2019, 02:50 PM
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#1862
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
A proper consumption tax - like in every other province - is something long overdue in this province, if for no other reason than to provide a fair and equitable tax to bolster our revenue numbers. The lateral benefit is that is help reign in consumer spending a bit, which Albertan's have the highest consumer debt in the country.
The only downside I see is that I know many people from out-of-province (other Canadians) love shopping here because they save money on sales tax that they would otherwise have to pay in their home province (the "Alberta Advantage" as the Ontarians I know call it). But such a tax should not be designed to cater to out-of-province folks; Albertans are who matters here.
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What do you mean by fair? It seems like your saying taxpayers have not been fair.
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04-08-2019, 03:06 PM
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#1863
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Lifetime Suspension
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@Corsi and @Pepsi
NDP take the lead
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04-08-2019, 03:07 PM
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#1864
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dre
What do you mean by fair? It seems like your saying taxpayers have not been fair.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rando
@Corsi and @Pepsi
NDP take the lead
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Alberta tax dollars at work!
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04-08-2019, 03:08 PM
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#1865
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Norm!
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They should reply back that only winners get bacon
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04-08-2019, 03:10 PM
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#1866
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 Posted the 6 millionth post! |
Quote:
Originally Posted by dre
What do you mean by fair? It seems like your saying taxpayers have not been fair.
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Uhhhhh . . . . not really. If anything I'm saying the current taxation form is not fair and we need to have a fair consumption tax put in.
Fair = the same rate applies to everyone, regardless of income level.
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04-08-2019, 03:39 PM
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#1867
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
Alberta tax dollars at work!
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How exactly is that tax dollars at work?
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04-08-2019, 03:41 PM
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#1868
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chemgear
Alberta tax dollars at work!
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Do you think campaigns are run with tax dollars? 
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04-08-2019, 04:20 PM
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#1869
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cranbrook
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rando
Do you think campaigns are run with tax dollars? |
Only the three or four weeks before the writ is dropped.
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04-08-2019, 04:25 PM
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#1870
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Franchise Player
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04-08-2019, 04:28 PM
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#1871
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Posted the 6 millionth post! |
Ha! That's something the PC's and Wildrose should have done last time! Cost them dearly!
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04-08-2019, 04:36 PM
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#1872
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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Looks like a ransom note.
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04-08-2019, 04:39 PM
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#1873
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Honestly, the fact that we have such a suburban spread means that Calgary should 100% have toll roads, if no where else, at least at the city points of entry.
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What a wonderful welcome to the city. Hey, thanks for coming to Calgary to spend your money but first you need to pay an entrance fee.
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04-08-2019, 05:13 PM
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#1874
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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Yep, some people came knocking on my door over the weekend and handed me one of those. I'm in Calgary Mountain View, so probably one of the ridings that the NDP is hoping to pick up via such tactics since it was previously the sole Liberal riding.
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04-08-2019, 05:18 PM
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#1875
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wwkayaker
What a wonderful welcome to the city. Hey, thanks for coming to Calgary to spend your money but first you need to pay an entrance fee.
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It works for Disneyland.
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04-08-2019, 05:38 PM
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#1876
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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David Khan's reply...
https://twitter.com/Dave_Khan/status...13495261618176
Kinda feel bad for a guy who's polling 2%, and has to make a reply like that knowing he's full of it, but can't just quit.
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04-08-2019, 06:31 PM
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#1877
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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04-08-2019, 06:41 PM
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#1878
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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In its 2019 labour market update, PetroLMI says about 12,500 jobs are at risk this year due to factors including low commodity prices, a decline in capital spending and uncertainty about getting oil and gas to market.
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https://www.660citynews.com/2019/04/...ses-this-year/
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04-08-2019, 07:01 PM
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#1879
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Luckily they’re only Alberta jobs.
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04-08-2019, 07:06 PM
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#1880
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jammies
So therefore you must have some evidence that consumer spending changes more than a few percentage points from year to year. Except - it doesn't. Especially not downwards.
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https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3685140
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People seem to be in the mood to spend in every province except Alberta, which posted a decrease in consumer spending of almost three per cent in the second quarter of 2016, the latest numbers show.
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That took 2 seconds to find.
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