Re: [NSW, OT] Rail passes

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

Seriously though, if the government means tested the $50 back to school
allowance, and also cut back on all "free travel to and from school" and
made students pay, we'd get a lot more money FOR the public education
system, instead of having it spent on subsidising school students'
travelling expenses (in our case, full subsidisation). AND if they'd have
enough brains they'd install ticket gates at all stations in Sydney so no
school kid would be able to evade their fares.

Could someone actually give some figures as to how much the government could
save? (i.e. anyone with a bit more knowledge of the last state government
budget)


"Mitch" <this.is.not.my@email.address.com> wrote in message
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> Lol! Choir practice...
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> "Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@NO.CANNED.HAM.hotmail.com> wrote in
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> | Town Hall. Those stupid retards that start whinging at you at the ticket
> gate
> | for trying to use a school pass after 6.30, when its only 6.34 and choir
> | practice finished 4 minutes ago. (i go to school in the city)
> |
> | Mitch <this.is.not.my@email.address.com> wrote in article
> | <hr0A4.48526$3b6.204355@ozemail.com.au>...
> | > What station do you think has the worst station staff? and... which
> single
> | > staff member do you think is the worst?
> | >
> | > My pick: Hurstville
> | > My staff member: "Mr Sumo". He was some fat guy who worked at
> Hurstville. He
> | > was big as hell, and scary. He not only abused passengers verbally he
> scared
> | > them because he was so bloody huge. Let's just hope he was fired. This
> was 2
> | > years ago [1998] and I haven't seen him since.
> | >
> | >
> | >
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