(14-03-2022, 08:06 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: This gold card toting oldie is delighted by the fare thing. I want public transport to be totally fare free. For everyone.
Because of Climate Change.
Chloe Swarbrick pointed it out via Twitter that, based on the Govt's estimates, a full year of free public transport would cost less than three months of cut-rate fuel taxes.
She single-handedly is driving my decision to consider voting Greens for the first time ever.
(14-03-2022, 03:58 PM)yousnoozeyoulose Wrote: So how long until that 25c a litre is eaten up by increases at the pump?
Effectively all they've done is roll back the calendar by a week or two, but ultimately it's not like that could really do anything really meaningful - someone's got to pay for the roads! Fun fact, fuel is currently 4c a litre in Venezuela.
The half-price public transport is a nice touch though. Not of much use to the gold card-toting oldies, but at least it provides an incentive to go public.
Why can't we just buy our petrol from Venezuela?