Well, of course

Albertans don't want a sales tax...."because the government will just misspend more money". Well of course it will.  That's what governments do, silly.  Nevermind that a sales tax would wipe out this province's deficit in 10 minutes, THERE WILL NOT BE A SALES TAX IN ALBERTA!  PERIOD!

Thank you Ralph Klein.  He was the guy who gave away money like a carney barker.  What a dumb move.  Albertans now expect to free-load with gay abandon. 

I remember sitting beside a Russian immigrant at a dinner a while ago who complained about the same thing, governments just misspend.  "Listen, buddy," I said.  "There's a whole bunch of tax money that goes to political payoffs and appalling cronyism.  But there's also a lot that goes to roads, schools, law enforcement, the armed forces, health care..........the stuff for which you came to Canada.  The money that politicians waste is just collateral damage and can't be prevented."

That's what Albertans don't get.  Alberta is the only province in Canada and the only developed jurisdiction in the entire world without a sales tax.  If Alison Redford had any guts, she'd implement one.

But she doesn't.