Re: WCR the debate continues.

ewan@nospam@ventnds3.telecom.com.au
Sat, 24 May 1997 00:07:58 GMT

terry@cclru.unsw.edu.au (Terry Flynn) wrote:
>[Poster Lost, probably Bill Bolton billbolton@onaustralia.com.au] wrote:
>> terry@cclru.unsw.edu.au (Terry Flynn) wrote:
>>>More propaganda an a down wright lie., the facts speak for themselves.
>>>Cost 5 milion under PTC controll, now costs 20.3 million. Thats allot
>>>of inflation!
>>The PTC cost was $5M *per 12 months* back in the early 1990s, the
>>$20.3M figure you quote for WCR cost to Governement were the recorded
>>TOTAL over 41 months including inflation and subsidies to compensate
>>for Government screw ups in the tendering process.
>OK, thats 17 million verses 20.3million. Were are the savings. They do
>not exist.

Hi Terry,

Good to see you're still up to your old tricks in debating! You can't
just simply compare figures which are not directly comparable.

$5M / 12 * 41 does equal $17M (or close enough), but you have ignored
the inflation and subsidies.

Comparing $17M with $20.3M is nonsense. Instead you should be
comparing ($17M + inflation) with ($20.3M - subsidies).

I haven't been following this thread at all (and don't intend to start
now), so I have no idea who is "right" and who is "wrong". I have no
idea where the figures came from or if they're correct. But
regardless, your sloppy arguments aren't helping you.

Ewan