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Topic History of: Government start Train Fare review
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veritas |
wake up folks...all these 'privatised' networks receive huge government subsidies.
using ITK's logic (and Noo Labour/Tory)and bizarre love affair with privatisation..why then are not roads privatised?
In fact why even gather taxes under this half pregnant whacko system...bugger taxes. Let's have private armies, police force (almost there -see Independent) hospitals, civil service, royal family roads etc etc...every fucking thing.
Then when there are no friggin trains to small villages and towns because they are not profitable and everyone has to live in a central city, watch house prices soar and plummet in small towns.No family subsidies...send the fucking kids down the friggin mines or to stack supermarket shelves etc etc
the problems are too numerous to list. |
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IA yet again |
In The Know wrote:
IA again wrote:
[quoteI'm all for privatizations where real competition occurs ITK.However......[/quote]
There is nothing ... repeat nothing ... to stop you starting your own train company (just as the original pioneers did).
You have to bid for the franchise,have bulti millions of pounds....oh and even then each region only has one operator. |
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robbiex |
Rail travel is privatised, it is run by the likes of Virgin, Arriva, and many others on a monopoly basis in each area. If you want to get a fast train from Guildford to London Waterloo, you have to go by South West Trains, there is no competition. |
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andrew |
WHY should non-rail users subsidies those who do use rail ?
Are you talking about New Deal travel card ITK ? Comes in handy for 6 months half price train fare, Stagecoach buses used to accept them many moons ago. |
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In The Know |
IA again wrote:
[quoteI'm all for privatizations where real competition occurs ITK.However......[/quote]
There is nothing ... repeat nothing ... to stop you starting your own train company (just as the original pioneers did). |
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