I can't understand why the South Australian State Government is going to sock it to public transportation with the rise in fuel costs being passed on to the poor users of the (rather decrepit) system. Seems to me that we should be encouraging public transportation. Why not give public transport users a tax break to encourage them to use the system. Interesting to note that all the other state government charges are going up, including speeding fines. New South Wales and Victoria are planning increases more in line with CPI. They must have been planning to use the Snowy Mountain sell off to keep costs in line (Sorry that didn't work out). Must be time to balance the budget.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Foley plugs the budget gap
I can't understand why the South Australian State Government is going to sock it to public transportation with the rise in fuel costs being passed on to the poor users of the (rather decrepit) system. Seems to me that we should be encouraging public transportation. Why not give public transport users a tax break to encourage them to use the system. Interesting to note that all the other state government charges are going up, including speeding fines. New South Wales and Victoria are planning increases more in line with CPI. They must have been planning to use the Snowy Mountain sell off to keep costs in line (Sorry that didn't work out). Must be time to balance the budget.
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