The White Queen said, "Why, sometimes I believe six impossible things before breakfast!"
That can also be said about Alberta's blind and deaf premier Redford. With no idea about how to fix the province's fiscal mess, she has begun flailing about -- blaming doctors, teachers and everyone else for the mess the Conservatives have made....Ralph Klein (she has a point there), Ed Stelmach......you name it, they're to blame.
Her latest trick is to have MLAs turn down a scheduled 1.1 percent pay hike, thus saving........wait for it..........$200,000. Wow! In the face of billions in shortfalls, she's going to save us $200,000! A limp gesture which will fool no one -- especially in the face of the whopping 8.1 percent pay hike they voted themselves just last November, not to mention the paid RRSP contribution they upped to $22,331, giving them an annual pay packet of $156,311. Outside of Quebec (well, naturally) they are now the highest-paid MLAs in the country.
"Either she is getting really bad advice, as she continues her relentless doctor-bashing campaign, or she is not listening to good advice," said one Herald columnist this morning. According to an insider I know, she listens to no one.
Her bizarro plan is to run massive deficits and borrow for infrastructure, but put money into the Heritage Fund. This is their "long-term" thinking strategy. Let's hope the "big thinkers" she is convening this weekend will come up with something -- such as a sales tax -- to solve the problem in a hurry. Let's put on our listening-ears "Alice".
Actually, "Alice" may have out-done the White Queen's six impossible things before breakfast.
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This is superb and I hope this gets published
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I also hope this letter gets printed as I have forgotten my password and I have a new computer!!
Yes, my letter was published today. Actually, reading it, it is quite funny.
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