High taxes strip the poorest citizens of opportunity, and drive our best and brightest out of the province. This reduces the tax-paying workforce that makes it possible to fund debt repayment and important programs like healthcare and education. Lower taxes stimulate growth, increase family incomes, and help create jobs. Tax cuts leave more money in the pockets of workers, families, and investors. They also send the pro-growth message that if you work or build your business in Saskatchewan, your success will not be punished with excessive taxation.
Lower taxes mean more business, more jobs, more workers, and better wages.
And when prosperous taxpayers pay their taxes, even at lower tax rates, there is more revenue for the government to fund cherished social programs. In other words, lower taxes help pay for themselves. They are good for the people, good for business, and they are even good for government revenues, as lower taxes spur a more vibrant and richer economy. Other provinces have clearly learned the tax cut lesson. From Alberta to the Atlantic, taxes are being reduced, economies are growing, and high-tax Saskatchewan is becoming less competitive.