You are not broke because of "high taxes", you are broke because of low wages, supressed by years of anti-union and anti-worker policy, pushed by rich corporations and the wealthiest Canadian and American families.

#cdnpoli #ableg Any politician that runs on lowering taxes (property tax, income tax, etc) is advocating for reductions in the services that the wealth of this nation should be funding. "Efficiencies" - a lie. Politicians that run on "business supports" and not "consumer supports" are a joke.

I have some Thoughts on the issues around the "negativity" of the #ableg leftists, Alberta NDP supporters, and the Alberta NDP (ANDP) in general. Its clear that while these three groups (and subsections) are on the same side, they arent always on the same team (and thats ok) Lets start with the ANDP as a party - or the "outrage machine" as its been occasionally nicknamed. Where does this come from? Its simple - the ANDP needs to connect with as many voters as possible, and it creates a situation like this: