Thread: "Toll proposed for Pacific Highway"

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Just ring up if it's that bad and pay over the phone.

I choose not to own a credit card and always do pay cash. Bit hard for me to do it over the phone.

Originally Posted by George130

There is a simple solution. Stop building roads.

then we all will drive Landrovers

Originally Posted by SimonP38a

I suspect this one is a "Straw Man". Part of the smoke and mirrors whilst the carbon tax & other "essential financial reforms" are being undertaken.

The politicians know that it would be electoral suicide to put a toll on an existing road instead of a new road where the justification is that the toll is needed to pay for the road.

People hate tolls and were they are seen as unfair as this on would be the electoral backlash. Remenber the toll on the highway on the sunshine coast near Maroochydore. There was a huge public movement against it, which caused on of the major parties to make it the platform to remove the toll. They took the seat at the next election.

after starting this thread, I did wonder if this was a "strawman" in order to get people to more readily accept the carbon tax.

Originally Posted by JohnF

I choose not to own a credit card and always do pay cash. Bit hard for me to do it over the phone.

John, you have to step into the 90's, even if its with a debit card. You cant have everything.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

John, you have to step into the 90's, even if its with a debit card. You cant have everything.

Okay, I admit it, I do not even have a mobile phone, and I am over the hill--we not over the hill in my mind, I was born in November 1948.

But I do use the internet, and a digital SLR, so have sort of kept up in some areas.

The thing I do not have is the MONEY to buy an Macbook Air that I want & badly need [my computer is on its last legs & I am a pensioner], but also I do not have any debt hanging over my head. Yes I understand a debit card will not put me in debt.

Originally Posted by JohnF

Okay, I admit it, I do not even have a mobile phone, and I am over the hill--we not over the hill in my mind, I was born in November 1948.

Don't feel too bad, my Dad was born in 1939...

Originally Posted by JohnF

Okay, I admit it, I do not even have a mobile phone, and I am over the hill--we not over the hill in my mind, I was born in November 1948.

But I do use the internet, and a digital SLR, so have sort of kept up in some areas.

The thing I do not have is the MONEY to buy an Macbook Air that I want & badly need [my computer is on its last legs & I am a pensioner], but also I do not have any debt hanging over my head. Yes I understand a debit card will not put me in debt.

John, you mean to say you were born in the first half of last Century!! Don't worry about it mate, so was I!!!

Looks like that we are few on the White Brigade, 1946 vintage is my year