The Saskatchewan government made a bunch of big mistakes like building extra P3 (private schools) and getting rid of some important public assets. Then, to earn the money back that they wasted, they’re cutting budgets for workers, increasing taxes, cutting education funds, reducing funding to regional parks, and they would have stopped funding libraries if it weren’t for all he protests and petitions created by people in Saskatchewan.
It would have been much better for the economy if they had only increased taxes, but instead they stopped funding many public services which is very damaging to people in Saskatchewan; it’s increasing our debt and deficits.
The Saskatchewan government can’t manage their taxing correctly. They have made tax cuts for rich corporations, and increased tax for the less fortunate, hard-working people who need the money more. Instead of raising the taxes for law-abiding citizens, they could have worked harder on fixing loopholes in the tax laws, or at least finding the people who are exploiting them. They need to crack down on those people who are avoiding taxes and exploiting them, rather than hurting the people who are working hard.
Tom Graham, the president of CUPE, says, “Wall seems to have little idea what to do about it other than cut services and workers’ pay cheques. Instead, the government should focus on growing and diversifying the economy, and maintaining the spending power of Saskatchewan people instead of putting people out of work.”
Some economists have predicted that the Saskatchewan government could easily balance our budget within a few years without having to make all of these budget/funding cuts by spreading out and increasing revenue and making the taxing system fairer.
I think that the government needs to change their way of thinking and find a new way to earn the money back that they blew. It’s frustrating to think that our government is taxing us unfairly and trying to take away our libraries, schools, busses, etc. just so they can go and spend it all on stuff that we don’t need.