There is no such thing as a free bus ride for SuperGold card holders.
I raise this issue because the latest report about the cost of giving free rides to oldies, on the buses in Tauranga, was shocking.
It showed that the cost, to the taxpayer, for free joyriding by SuperGold card holders, amounted to $440,000.
This was for only one year! The buses have been giving free rides to Goldies for 12 years.
To the Goldies, of which I am one, this money comes from your taxpaying children. The ones who are trying to build a home and raise your grandchildren. Did you think that Winston would pay for it personally?
As you complain at the lack of money for medical operations or pension money etc, just remember, the government has no money except that which it takes from taxpayers.
There is an old true saying: You cannot have your cake and eat it too!
K Evans, Tauranga
1 comment
Well said
Posted on 27-09-2015 20:53 | By How about this view!
There will no doubt be those that believe that it should be their "Right" to sponge off the taxpayers and then in the next breath berate the unemployed and DPB beneficiaries. We encourage dependency in NZ and give away "Free money" far too freely. Whilst we fail to encourage independence and achievement from our citizens, we encourage unemployment and under-achievement in our youth. IT MUST COME when the Goldcard is means-tested and all benefits are reviewed quarterly.
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