Is BC about to repeat Alberta's mistake?

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Yup it's a catch 22,if NDP get in we will have no where to ride but if liberals get in the avarage guy won't be able to afford to ride, everything is getting more expensive thanks to crusty Clarke,great if your rich and can afford to play but the average family has alot less play money now

If I am understanding your post correctly, are you implying that people would be better off economically with the NDP ?
If that is what you mean , boy have I got news for you !!!
 
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I really can't figure out how people in society think anymore, we used to be a nation where we pushed ourselves to succeed and most tried to do the same, now we have decided to be nation that taxes, legislates and chains down the successful to the level of the average.

I wonder if anyone has done the math and realized that if you keep cutting off the highest end in a sample that the average goes down?
 

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If I am understanding your post correctly, are you implying that people would be better off economically with the NDP ?
If that is what you mean , boy have I got news for you !!!

I don't know about where you live but the liberals have done nothing to help the people in my area except raise hydro,ICBC,BC ferries fuel tax cut are health care( which the wife works), school closures and the list goes on,I'm no NDP fan either so it's a tuff call.
 

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I don't know about where you live but the liberals have done nothing to help the people in my area except raise hydro,ICBC,BC ferries fuel tax cut are health care( which the wife works), school closures and the list goes on,I'm no NDP fan either so it's a tuff call.
Yeah the liberals haven't done wonders in Onterio either.....

Have you guys ever considered voting conservative or would you be stoned by the villagers?
 

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Yup it's a catch 22,if NDP get in we will have no where to ride but if liberals get in the avarage guy won't be able to afford to ride, everything is getting more expensive thanks to crusty Clarke,great if your rich and can afford to play but the average family has alot less play money now


You don't remember the 90's, NDP killed our economy. It was brutal.
 

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I don't know about where you live but the liberals have done nothing to help the people in my area except raise hydro,ICBC,BC ferries fuel tax cut are health care( which the wife works), school closures and the list goes on,I'm no NDP fan either so it's a tuff call.

Do you seriously believe the NDP can lower costs of living ..?
I could go on and on about every province they have ever governed, they have bankrupted...in short order.


But start here, google BC fast ferries .
The reason you have a tough in BC economically is simply . The island / lower mainland and parts of the interior draw a lot of people who protest everything and contribute nothing to your economic well being .

Their answer to everything is to tax buisness's more , sadly the buisness's then can't compete , leaving economic destruction everywhere ...
While I understand you may assume the liberals have not done enough, creating tens of thousands of more unemployed people will only make it worse / not better !
So if you think people are better off with no job & less people paying taxes and living of borrowing more money ..
Vote NDP ...
 
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I don't think the conservative party even has anyone running in the Revelstoke area. Haven't seen even one sign up.

Liberals I guess are the best option then :confused: Not a lot of good choices really.
 

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Biggest problem with election is the voting power is all in the lower mainland. Out of 87 electoral districts 47 of them are lower mainland. That's not including anything from the island. One big city full of new Canadian's and greenies who have no idea what makes the rest of the province tick. Would I like to see a conservative party in? For sure. But it would only split the vote with Libs and give NDP advantage. I'm not a liberal fan, but it's the lesser of to evils at this point.
 

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Just remember there is a lag with governments, Trudeau's riding on Harpers surplus but his wreck less spending spree will be felt . BC has finally got a grip on the massive debt the NDP left us with, and 2008 there was a world financial crisis. I could not imagine the debt we would have had with the NDP in power in those years. Sure the dam is going to cost 10 billion, but money well spent, I can just see all the millennials riding around in the electric cars freezing the azzes off and scraping their windshields. Look at the total disaster the NDP has done in Alberta with their power, how long is the life expectancy of a Bird Slicer. ...10-15 years. There should be signs posted free ducks and geese. Maybe David Suzuki when he sobers up can have a TV series covering this massacre.
 

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Just remember there is a lag with governments, Trudeau's riding on Harpers surplus but his wreck less spending spree will be felt . BC has finally got a grip on the massive debt the NDP left us with, and 2008 there was a world financial crisis. I could not imagine the debt we would have had with the NDP in power in those years. Sure the dam is going to cost 10 billion, but money well spent, I can just see all the millennials riding around in the electric cars freezing the azzes off and scraping their windshields. Look at the total disaster the NDP has done in Alberta with their power, how long is the life expectancy of a Bird Slicer. ...10-15 years. There should be signs posted free ducks and geese. Maybe David Suzuki when he sobers up can have a TV series covering this massacre.

To be fair to knothead she did give us some of our cash back to buy light bulbs & solar chit ...,minus the typical NDP red tape . Lol
 

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20% lumber duties, if you think the province can weather that and an NDP gov't I've got news for you.

Wait till he does the same with oil and gas ?
It's coming and it's going to hurt all three provinces .
Some for then others with provincial governments that they already have in place.
 

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Don't worry we have Trudeau, once he figures out the cash cow from the west has stopped flowing dollars, he might check into it. But with a budget balancing itself it may not be a concern to him. I am sure his arrogance will work wonders with Trump. It could be that steady flow of welfare rejects from the States will help us out one day, kind of feels like when your Ralphy bought all the drug addicts one way bus tickets to BC. Go west young man was his saying.
 
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