Prentice considering a PST

[catalac]

What you think Jim Prentice might give us a PST?? Our government is in so deep 50 dollar oil can't keep them afloat?

Personally I'm voting WR next go round as my mla is one of the traitors who went to the pc party.

 

[snopro]

PST??? Doesn't that stand for Political Suicide Tendency?

 

[Sledderglen]

Use some of the hertige trust fund. Its a rainy day use it

 

[Merc63]

How can these idiots running the government base a huge chunk of their revenue on a knowingly volatile commodity such as crude oil. Do they just hope and pray the price stays steady?? Time to dip into the fund and also start stashing more away.

 

[blastoff]

I bet Prentice is thinking of PST, What I think will happen here is a snap election soon, then he will have 4 more years, after he wins he will instate a sales tax. Wait and see. BUT even so I would not vote for Wild Rose. They stink

 

[CUSO]

I think that Heritage fund is already gonzo.. decades ago.

 

[Merc63]

He said in an article there is 5 billion in it. Still not enough to cover their losses. I think they said around 10 billion short?

 

[CUSO]

Whoops, ya it's still there..

Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund - Historical Timeline

I think that Heritage fund is already gonzo.. decades ago.

 

[Puba]

Yup typical politics and government, hit the honest folk making a living when times are uncertain so they can continue their lavish lifestyle squandering our tax dollars on there selves

 

[S.W.A.T.]

BC=Bring Cash
AB=Already Broke?

 

[cancritter]

last time l realy took any notice klien was runnin things and we were flush with cash....since then oil went up and up and has been like that for the longest time which woulda ment alota coin in royalties and now were short??....where the hecks all the coin going...think we all know the awnser to that....
what were gona do about it has always been a mystery to me...we used to hang horse thiefs......

 

[Summiteer]

last time l realy took any notice klien was runnin things and we were flush with cash....since then oil went up and up and has been like that for the longest time which woulda ment alota coin in royalties and now were short??....where the hecks all the coin going...think we all know the awnser to that....
what were gona do about it has always been a mystery to me...we used to hang horse thiefs......

When Klein was running things the province had cash because nothing was being spent on infrastructure. He instituted a flat tax that basically destroyed and stable income base for the government, forcing them to rely on resource cash for operating revenue. There is a reason that Alberta is pretty much the only jurisdiction with a flat tax.... Because it's stupid.

 

[Snowdin]

How do you think Alberta is going to pay for it's share of the 10,000 Syrian refugees coming in?

 

[tex78]

last time l realy took any notice klien was runnin things and we were flush with cash....since then oil went up and up and has been like that for the longest time which woulda ment alota coin in royalties and now were short??....where the hecks all the coin going...think we all know the awnser to that....
what were gona do about it has always been a mystery to me...we used to hang horse thiefs......

Redford was buying gold plated feminine napkins

 

[catalac]

What does surprise me is no talk from prentice to pull from heritage trust, it has roughly 17.5 billion in the savings account, so if we know we are going to have a tough 12-18 months depending on how long the Saudis hold oil down and prentice says we are 500mill short on revenues seems like not a big drain on the fund to keep ab flush in a tough time.

 

[arff]

PST will be like gun registration.


No one has a clue what happened to the money or what it cost to administer.

 

[snopro]

This is the perfect time for Prentice to implement a provincial tax. No credible opposition anymore to run him out of office in the next election. What an A hole....

 

[Lund]

Hahaha....all these albertan's living in fantasy land, their cloud nine is dissipating and reality is setting in now with the rest of this country.
Welcome to the real world, hope your not living beyond your means too much cause the tax man want's part of your over paid wages.

Maybe this will help our enviroment when it comes to our snow condition's, less big money, less high paying jobs, less coal burners with sleds equal's less pollutants in the environment. Just like teaching old dog's new trick's. haha

 

[TylerG]

election this spring, bad time to bring up talk of PST.........

 

[LennyR]

Hahaha....all these albertan's living in fantasy land, their cloud nine is dissipating and reality is setting in now with the rest of this country.
Welcome to the real world, hope your not living beyond your means too much cause the tax man want's part of your over paid wages.

Maybe this will help our enviroment when it comes to our snow condition's, less big money, less high paying jobs, less coal burners with sleds equal's less pollutants in the environment. Just like teaching old dog's new trick's. haha

Bitter much ? thank god now all those other guys will be dragged down to your level eh. Nice talk.