{"id":750,"date":"2010-09-23T07:54:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T21:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=750"},"modified":"2010-09-23T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T22:31:31","slug":"throw-granny-off-the-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"THROW GRANNY OFF THE TRAIN!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Damn<\/em><\/strong> those greedy disabled and aged pensioners for sucking up all<\/em> our valuable public transport seats!<\/p>\n

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Call to make pensioners pay full fare<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n

By transport reporter Kylie Simmonds <\/em><\/p>\n

A new report has recommended scrapping concession fares for pensioners travelling on public transport during peak hour.<\/em><\/p>\n

The peak lobby group, the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF)<\/a>, says public transport in Australia costs $5 billion per year.<\/em><\/p>\n

But the forum says only one-third of that is recovered through fares and the rest is subsidised by governments.<\/em><\/p>\n

TTF chief executive Chris Brown will today launch a new report which makes several revenue-raising and cost-cutting suggestions to deal with Australia’s growing population.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr Brown says one of those would be allowing concession holders cheaper fares on public transport only during off-peak hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

“You can’t sustain a system where concession pensioner rates are clogging up peak-hour transport,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

The report also suggests congestion charging, franchising different modes of transport and raising revenue through better advertising.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clogging up peak-hour transport!<\/em> Yep, that’s what TTF’s Chris Brown<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Obviously, all those socially subsidised pensioners on their way to their 1st and 2nd jobs are bludging up all the facilities. Those poor<\/em> people… they’re so POOR and… unprofitable.<\/p>\n

I expect Mr Brown to do two things; 1) come up with some hard numbers on how many pensioners actually<\/em> ride public transport in peak hour and 2) stand on train platforms checking that blind folks have bought tickets for those seeing-eye dogs. Oh, and… explain to his own aged parents or relatives why they should get the hell off his<\/em> gravy train and WALK.<\/p>\n

What Mr Brown is suffering from is called ‘downward envy.’ It’s the irrational belief that aged and disabled pensioners somehow have it too good.<\/p>\n

NEWSFLASH, Mr B: It’s not easy living with disabilities and the diminished capacity to earn that comes with advanced age. Australia is a wealthy country and we as a society afford certain consideration to those who are not as well-off as those in the earning mainstream.<\/p>\n

Utterly shameful, Mr Brown.<\/p>\n

-weez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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