Alberta Surplus 7 Billion
BartSimpson @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:50 pm
bootlegga bootlegga:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
I'd love to see the end of health care premiums. I can easily find something better to spend $44 on every month.
I spend US$720 every month.
I guess that'sthe difference between public and private health care...
In most provinces, they don't even pay that! I believe Alberta and Ontario are the only one who charge premiums now.
True, you pay less out of your pocket, but I have access to whatever I need whenever I want it.
I just call and I get an appointment to see a doctor the same day.
Clogeroo @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:52 pm
$1:
True, you pay less out of your pocket, but I have access to whatever I need whenever I want it.
I just call and I get an appointment to see a doctor the same day.
I just call and I get an appointment to see a doctor the same day.
But you pay 16 times more.
hurley_108 @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:53 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
I'd love to see the end of health care premiums. I can easily find something better to spend $44 on every month.
I spend US$720 every month.
I guess that'sthe difference between public and private health care...
In most provinces, they don't even pay that! I believe Alberta and Ontario are the only one who charge premiums now.
True, you pay less out of your pocket, but I have access to whatever I need whenever I want it.
I just call and I get an appointment to see a doctor the same day.
True, you have faster access, but you're not one of the, what, 43 million who have no coverage at all? They pay everything out of pocket.
bootlegga @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:54 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
I'd love to see the end of health care premiums. I can easily find something better to spend $44 on every month.
I spend US$720 every month.
I guess that'sthe difference between public and private health care...
In most provinces, they don't even pay that! I believe Alberta and Ontario are the only one who charge premiums now.
True, you pay less out of your pocket, but I have access to whatever I need whenever I want it.
I just call and I get an appointment to see a doctor the same day.
I can too. My family doctor is great. In the past, I just went to a Medi-Centre and had it dealt with right away as well.
I've never had to wait for medical services of any kind. When I hurt my knee, I got an MRI that day and surgery a couple days after that. Believe it or not, in Canada, if you urgently need care, you will get it promptly.
The cases the Republicans talk of (of people dying waiting for surgery) are exceptions, not the rule.
PluggyRug @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:54 pm
hurley_108 hurley_108:
PluggyRug PluggyRug:
hurley_108 hurley_108:
grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:
RockyMtn_Girl RockyMtn_Girl:
The problem with any surplus is the more you make the more you want to spend. Everyone has their hand out - cities want infrastucture dollars, hospitals need to be built, cost over-runs on current projects...the lists go on and on. Just last week I remember reading the doom-and-gloom reports from the taxpayers federation saying the Province has to curtail the excess spending.
What's the best way to prioritize the spending do you think?
What's the best way to prioritize the spending do you think?
A 7 billion surplus means 7 billion too much was taken from the taxpayers and as such, should only be returned to taxpayers.
Or it means you're underspending to the tune of 7 billion and you should reevaluate your level of services.
The narrow path to a new generation of welfare bums.
Or the wide road to, well, much-needed widened roads!
I can't argue with that.
BartSimpson @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:19 pm
hurley_108 hurley_108:
True, you have faster access, but you're not one of the, what, 43 million who have no coverage at all? They pay everything out of pocket.
About 17 million of those are illegal aliens who should not be here at all so my word to them is to go home. They're not my concern.
The remainder are covered by Federal law for treatment of critical care issues but they are on their own for chronic issues unless they are disabled and then they get Social Security and MediCare coverage.
I've been down this road before on this site and have noted that healthcare is not a right.
Because rights are those things that you can exercise without compelling someone else to fulfill them.
If healthcare is a right then a doctor can be ordered by a court to treat you.
Then your right to healthcare violates the doctors' right to choose not to work.
Therefore, healthcare is not a right.
I want premium coverage and I pay a premium for it. That's my choice.
Anyone who wants what I have can go get a job and earn it. They are free to do so. Just as I am.
grainfedprairieboy @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:29 pm
Bart also pays considerably less taxes and he can write off his mortgage.
BartSimpson @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:14 pm
grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:
Bart also pays considerably less taxes and he can write off his mortgage.
True. I pay less in taxes than a Canadian with the same income would...even when you add in the property taxes I pay for the house in Victoria.
My mortgage interest is a write off that I am hoping to end soon enough.
It's not the deal so many people are fooled into thinking it is.
For every dollar in interest you pay the bank you get (on average) .28 cents off of your tax bill.
You're still paying out .72 cents on the dollar that you would otherwise keep.
It's better to pay nothing and keep everything. Or as close as your accountant can figure out how to get to that.
tritium @ Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:12 am
Well you just know some of the premiers best buddies are going to get their pockets greased.
Mr_Canada old @ Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:59 am
*coughs*
Um.. Yeah... Alberta Rocks.
*patiently waits for "Ralph Bucks"*
*holds out hand* Yeah, uh... Money please....
tomdrake @ Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:23 am
Id like to see more money put into roads and LRT here in Edmonton since they have a surplus... but they should really look at reducing taxes for next year!
RUEZ @ Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:33 am
tomdrake tomdrake:
Id like to see more money put into roads and LRT here in Edmonton since they have a surplus... but they should really look at reducing taxes for next year!
Damn rights, the LRT needs serious expansion. I like the C train in Calgary much better.