Left wing governments provide the STD's of the political world.  Voters should know the consequences of flirting with them, but nope, every generation or two, they have to wander down to the low-dive end of the political street and have a go.  

Albertans will suffer through this embarrassment, tell their kids not to make the same mistake, and be back on their feet before too long.  It could be worse.  Here in Toronto, we vote the wheezy slores back into office time after time, sometimes layering them at municipal, provincial and federal levels, then support a network of citywide  STD clinics so people can keep making the same mistakes.  Darwin just needs to point at the accumulated debt load to see what happens next.