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Originally Posted by Bossnass
There was criticism. I don't know if it was vast. I personally think that the majority of people, regardless of if they admit it or not, like to have the cheques. I don't claim that every aspect of society has suffcient funding, but prosperity cheques are more in line with the conservative platform for which the vast majority of Albertans voted for. While part of me agrees, in principle, with dumping the money into education, a bigger part believes that "vast sums + bueracracy = waste". I may as well waste it on myself than have someone else waste it somewhere else.
I'm certain that there are many charities that were thankfull that you, and other leftwing albertans donated your first $400, and they will be thankful again when you donate your next.
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Hey don't get me wrong, I didn't spend my cheque on charity and if I get another cheque I'm going to buy a monitor. Having said that I'm surprised that the government that decided to pay off the Alberta debt is now handing a fair amount of surpluss directly to the masses.
Forget about the fact that schools are getting shut down, universities are turning away applicants and the standard commute seems to increase by five minutes every year. I'm irritated by the fact that the Alberta mayors have said that they're essentially getting the shaft when it comes to spreading the wealth. Knowing that the populous is now flush with new funds the logical choice will be to increase taxes. The prosperity cheques are temporary, tax increases are essentially permanent.
I guess that I wish a more permenant standard of living increase was implemented.