Alberta moving out of recession into modest recovery: quarterly update
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So following your reasoning GST and PST Or HST would stop people from buying....
Wern't you the one loudly proclaiming about a year ago that oil was dead? Now look,despite Notley's best efforts oil is well on it's way to recovery. Just like everyone with a brain said it would. So is coal. So much for your alt-left "news"
That Liberals should be in charge of the country.
Flossy doesn't have a problem with oil per se. He just doesn't like the idea of the power shifting west
No no no those taxes make consumers want to buy more so they can finance social programs for those that don't pay taxes.
You don't understand the purpose of a carbon price.
I'm fine with that as long as it's not enabling Neo Nazis.
And leftards such as yourself would have a little bit more credibility if you called it by it's true name..."a carbon tax"
And what it is is a consumer tax!
The second half of the last century did more to reduce pollution with proper regulations than this stupid tax scheme can ever hope to accomplish...
Because the smarter people can actually see it for what it is....a government tax grab!
That they did. Fortunately there are people that are willing to keep the economy rolling despite the NDP's best efforts to kill it.
You may have something there. We did elect the Dippers after all
Good thing Trump wants to get rid of those pesky regs.
How big would the recovery, due to increased oil prices, have been without the Dippers?
Depends on who else was in power. The Conservatives were spending money like drunken sailors. They were also the ones that initially started the royalty review nonsense that made every oil and gas company reevaluate their Alberta operations.
No bigger than it is now. Alberta governments have been wasting money and doing stupid things for decades.
But taxes in any form usually slow recoveries. You guys have a carbon tax now do you not?
It's a beautiful thing, ain't it?
False premise.
BC's economy has been doing very well while they've had a carbon tax.
But yes, you may join taxslave in the abject denial.
On the other hand, taxes pay for the services that people demand. Let's remove taxes, and remove services, such as hospitals and schools, and assistance for businesses.
I have never said I was for removal of all taxes. If the tax money actually will pay for schools or hospitals, I would not be against it (once shown that fiscal restraint had been used in more useless areas and the money was truly not available from the current tax levels).
However, I tend to think that increasing taxes takes money out of the hands of the consumer. This money if they had to spend it would cause more flow of goods and more employment and therefore more tax revenue. In the min-90s this was clearly demonstrated in Ontario with the Harris tax cuts. The economy bounced out of recession and tax revenues actually increased.
This all being said, this is a carbon tax. The spending will be for the government's pet project du jour and not for hospitals or schools. It won't even help the environment (surely you aren't one of these people who actually believe it will?).