Comments on: I’ll take another cheque now, Ralph

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:33:20 +0000

But a 6 is more round than a 1.

So why not the best of both: 6,000

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:30:07 +0000

Well, 10,000 has more zeroes than 1,000, so, it's even more of a round number.

By: Jeff Milner

Jeff Milner — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:25:21 +0000

1000 does seem like a more round number than 600.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:50:59 +0000

I just paid off the last of my loans…so how about a $1000.00 annual cheque…YEEHAW!

By: rick

rick — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:03:45 +0000

Nikki, it sounds like we need to be hiring out of province for these projects … as long as we are paying triple we might as well try to convince more people/businesses to move here.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:01:07 +0000

…and as long as most of the surplus is from oil and gas revenues, we’d be foolish not to go with the former.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:12:19 +0000

As long as I live in Alberta, I'll pick the former. Given that we have no provincial sales tax, the lowest personal income tax, the highest basic and spousal exemptions in the country, the lowest gasoline tax, and the lowest unemployment rate, I believe we already keep more of our money in the first place.

By: Nikki Workman

Nikki Workman — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:27:30 +0000

Interesting sidenote on the infrastructure part…as my husband is a general contractor he has a different perspective. He commented that in their goal of infrastructure, they are also creating an inflated market. He figures the government is paying at least double, often triple what these projects are worth. Money well spent?

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:06:05 +0000

Would most of you prefer (1) a distribution of surplus revenue, or (2) letting the taxpayers keep more of their money in the first place?

By: rick

rick — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:51:30 +0000

Oh I agree w/ the student loan thing…

Man, that’s been a monkey on my back for years.