Makes my blood boil!
Its going to be real test of our democracy. Will we buckle and just let the government comfortably rape us? Or will we stand firm?
If we stand together there is nothing they can do - they cant force people to pay when they all wont. If we let them divide and conquer then, this will just be then first of many such schemes.
I really hope we can find it in ourselves to stand together and not just scatter - taking the path of least resistance.
They are doing exactly what I thought they would do, just using the price to make people think twice about resisting - its so simple!
But the cost to the economy is just bloody crippling!
Just do this little excercise - add up all the money you pay extra on a monthly basis due to the poor government we are blessed with - private security, private school fees, medical aid, electricity, muncipal rate increases without matching services etc etc. Now multiply that by 12. That's how much poorer you are per annum ALREADY than you should be. Disposable income is what makes the economy grow, putting money in everyone's pockets which can be invested and spent on other stuff other than just the basics - which is the source of growth and national wealth. But by voraciously consuming the disposable income of its citizens, the government kills growth and makes everyone poorer - eventually there just isn't any spare money left, they have consumed it all - and we end up another poor developing country relying on international aid to even do the bloody basics, with a few mega rich politicians living the life of rock stars. That's what this scheme represents to me!
IT HAS TO STOP. The question is will we have the balls to stop it now, while we have a good reason to and people are all focused on it, or are we going to let the opportunity slip by?
Our country will be better off if we do.
Topic: E-Tolls go live - 3 December 2013 (Read 62517 times)
