Re: Latest news on Speedrail

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> > I think most people would like to see it go ahead, I certainly would, I
> just don't think they'll get the numbers they're claiming they'll get -
> especially not now that there are 4 airlines offering cheap fares. I also
don't think
> that the Australian taxpayer will get any return from it.
>
> They are not asking the Australian taxpayer to contribute any funds. They
> are asking the Australian taxpayer to forego taxation revenue from the
> project, revenue which the Australian taxpayer will not get anyway if the
> project does not go ahead. Either way, the Australian taxpayer is in exactly
> the same position.

Which it shouldn't be if someone is making a profit - not that it will anyway,
they'll cook the books, show a loss and send the profits overseas to the owners.
Someone was talking about a return to the people though.