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PC. Just because I want to. Think they are still best. Leadership and experience or lack of experience of the others. JMHO
The issue I have with a prentice is that he is not a conservative, the budget was left of center liberal at best, pay for the deficit through increased taxation of the middle class and offer no real cuts to reduce spending. Prentice may indeed be the best of a bad set of choices but he isn't going to fix squat IMO I only see more mess, once he brings the Alberta provincial sales tax he will go down in history as one of the most disliked. I can't believe the masses behind Notley either and she publicly said today she would oppose the northern gateway even after Christy Clark (liberal premier) approves of it. We need a minority, not sure that I'm voting WR anymore but I know I'm not voting PC.
I know it won't be NDP.
I got a call from someone representing the NDP, They called me on my private cell phone... they had my full name and number.
Where in the hell did they buy my number from??
I wrote a letter to Elections Alberta regarding this.
Is this not an invasion of privacy??
shouldnt be to hard to figure out which party built the website.Not sure if someone already posted this, but I found an on-line tool to help decide who to vote for by asking you 30 questions. alberta.votecompass.ca
PC. Just because I want to. Think they are still best. Leadership and experience or lack of experience of the others. JMHO
Not sure if someone already posted this, but I found an on-line tool to help decide who to vote for by asking you 30 questions. alberta.votecompass.ca
That logic goes along with trying the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results. Change or even improvement in the current state of the province will never happen if the same party is running things. I'm not saying there is a perfect party or leader out there, but we have to start somewhere and voting in the same party that has had 3 $hitty premiers in a row (one that should be in jail even for fraud) isn't the answer to turning things around.
Talk to any one in the teaching profession on the screwing they got in last budget again and AUPE think any of these are voting PC, either way minority will be better than what we have now.
The pc's have had 42 yrs and every oil bust we get #ucked in the ear and mine is sore, sure 4 years is a short time and our resources are going noware if the companies move always others behind to develope, even a pc minority would send a message to the dumasses.NDP government might slow down Whitecourt a bit. Looks pretty good right now. Will be interesting to see what happens. Glad that you are so confident that the NDP/Green polices won't hurt forestry or the patch. But who knows maybe its a good location for a call centre or a Government office?
My wife works in heath care, I'm in the patch. For the good of the province economy, we've both decided to vote Wildrose (who likely won't win anyway). I'm of the belief that our entire political system is garbage, and in drastic need of a major house cleaning. In the private sector, we need to make our own arrangements for retirement and save accordingly - with politics it is the exact opposite. Spend a few years in office and you receive a fat payout if you are skidded, or get a huge pension for minimal effort. A good portion of my tax dollars go to feeding these fat cats, and handouts to social programs... quite frankly I'm sick of it. I know a general consensus in this province is to raise the oil royalties, but a few extra percentage points of NOTHING (which is what will be happening in the patch if this is done) is still nothing. Like it or not, our budget depends heavily on the oil and gas sector, and the "trickle down" effect of the most recent slow down has yet to be fully felt... but it WILL happen. We need responsible government that bases a budget on $65/bbl oil (realistically sustainable), and to thin the herd on all the redundant provincial and federal jobs, particularly the management positions, which too many areas are VERY top heavy, and add to the front line staff (which actually does the real work). Perhaps an overhaul and better screening is required for some of our social programs too - people who are able to work should be doing their part, rather then being a burden to the rest of the population. Same goes for federal programs - IMO we should be taking care of business AT HOME first prior to sticking our nose in the rest of the world's affairs...flame away.
If you think the PCs had problems with spending wait till Nothead and her NDPs get the rains. First order of business, tax business and the working man more,. Then spend it on Goverment programs, (mostly free shi*t for people that don't want to work).
You think people want change now. Wait till this bag gets wound up. If Nothead does become preimer Allison Redfords departures will have looked civilized and tame in comparison
Well look on the bright side I guess I could shut her down and getting in on a some of those awesome programs the NDPs are famous for.