Alberta

[Taxslave2]

By the time you read this post, you might think I'm drinking. I apologize to PGs, and Taxslave, who I know aren't bad folks, but people who are disillusioned. And to both of you, I share that disillusion. When this debate gets personal, and I walk away, it makes me sort of ill, like physically. The personal side of it isn't healthy for anyone. So, I apologize for my comments in the previous posts.

Thank you. Discussing this is important. Those of us that were born in the west often feel different than the immigrants from back east. For many of us, the Crow rate still causes rage. The West has been deliberately kept shackled by the Laurentian Elite from losing control since confederation.
Even the electoral system is rigged against the West. AN MP in Alberta represents about 4 times as many taxpayers as an MP in PEI. Quebec is guaranteed 30% of the seats, regardless of population. It is even worse for Senators. Then there is Transfer payments, which are viewed as welfare payments by westerners.