Re: The Federal Budget - Rail forgotten??

["Ben Staples" <98711576@feline.hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU>]

Rod <comtrain@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
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**SNIP**

>  Yep!
>         this is the real world where millions of dollars of fuel tax is
paid
> by rail operators and about 70 % goes into consolidated revenue, and the
> rest gets spent on roads so that the opposition can run on a slightly
hilly
> playing field..thats right people we live in a real world, so corrupt that
> the poor guy pays all the taxes, and tolls........aghh..... shit....
> Rod

I can a appreciate how frustrating it is when the NSW government forms RAC
so they can capture all track cost and demand a return on their investment
when they do no such thing with the roads of this state. I wish politicians
would have the guts to form the Roads and Traffic Corporation and demand
that it makes a profit by directly charging its users just like RAC. Then we
will finally be able to see the true cost of supply of all thses roads. Some
politicians can be complete bastards setting totally different standards for
the same commodity (i.e. transport). In the days of user pays why am I
paying for some arse wipe to drive down a new freeway or upgraded road which
I don't use??

Ben Staples