Category: Politics
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McCain Unnerves Trump
Neither Trump nor McCain have apparently read chapter two of “How To Win Friends and Influence People”. Hurling insults is always cause for grief. Having followed American politics for some time, I can espouse with confidence that John McCain loves hearing himself speak almost as much as Trump. In McCain’s zeal to cast condemnation on…
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Alberta Election Reflections
Everyone is shocked. I haven’t spoken to one person yet who saw this NDP majority landslide coming. In retrospect, the passion at the ballot box was a healthy endorsement of democracy in lieu of climate rife with wasted taxpayer money and untrustworthy politicians. Many would purport the ruling Progressive Conservatives as elitist and out of…
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Alberta Budget Attempt At Salvation
Do you remember Premier Stelmach’s old O&G royalty framework that had the well intentioned effect of harnessing more oil royalty revenue for the province’s treasury? Well, the Calgary old boys club took fast Eddie aside and had him dismantle it. Combine this with some sweetheart deals for public servants and brutal management of the public…
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Sales Tax On The Table For Aberta
The problem with a consumption tax is that it discourages spending and it’s distasteful to an electorate which prides itself by being sales tax free . Implementing a sales tax now would be done amidst a climate of mismanagement operated by the PC government over the past ten years. Pay raises to the provincial public…
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Washington Gridlock
I’m not really sensing that the Republicans are heeding the election results given the continuing saga of Washington gridlock. The U.S. is due to raise taxes on 98% of the populous come January 1, 2013 yet the perpetual feet dragging remains. The scuttle butt on Capitol Hill has everything to do the words of one…