| SPUGGIE J |
03-05-2009 18:05 |
Re: free travel
Had a little gander at this and seems there are pro's n cons all round. Yes the pensioners should have a service so they can go out for the day it gets them out and about enjoying themselves. Just remember you will with luck be fortunate to reach retirement age. The services that are there need to at least break even to be viable. As there has been a fair amount of bluster that these conssesion pass payments from govenment are not enough so the prices charged to those who pay subsidise the passes. Yes its our taxes that pay for it and as I am still in full time employment I am in a way paying for it anyway. Another thing there is subsidised travel on trains for pensioners students and the disabled (may be more) so is that also to be a target of some?
A lot of pensioners on what the British Govenment gives them could proberly not afford to travel on a bus. I remember my grandparents being issued with those travel tokens that were ment to last a year but at most it was 9 months. These people have worked and contributed to the nations coffers so why cant they get something back
The comment about the Scots being subsidised by the British tax payer is an open debate but it seems that people forget that the working people in Scotland pay tax as well so they are getting back what should be theirs in the first place. With my pass on certain services out of Glasgow I can go to Carlisle and back. As for the theft of the oil revenue i have this answer that some will agree with but most wont no doubt; If and when Scotland gets independence it will be when the oil revenue runs out. For its poulation size Scotland could have had the standard of living enjoyed by Norway and its senior citizens would have had a better life than they have now.
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