Message from @TheCaledonian

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2020-03-17 16:34:41 UTC  

The problem is road users are fleeced so city cunts can get to work and put the price of rural housing up through the roof

2020-03-17 16:34:47 UTC  

> It's not fair that car drivers should be subsidising rail
Keeps less people on the roads tbf

2020-03-17 16:34:57 UTC  

Not round here it don't

2020-03-17 16:35:06 UTC  

ya tru

2020-03-17 16:35:11 UTC  

rail isn't everywhere

2020-03-17 16:35:19 UTC  

and doesn't go everywhere

2020-03-17 16:35:32 UTC  

so it's can't support us rural people

2020-03-17 16:35:56 UTC  

Rural areas where I am have interconnected rail that can go to Glasgow

2020-03-17 16:36:11 UTC  

I think that's the extended metro for your area

2020-03-17 16:36:14 UTC  

it's the same in wales

2020-03-17 16:36:48 UTC  

Yeah our cross country trains go to England or to Aberdeen/Inverness

2020-03-17 16:37:23 UTC  

Here's the solution for you (for me) - reduce taxation on car drivers - it should not be in total more than the cost of maintaining and running the road network

2020-03-17 16:37:28 UTC  

Put the difference on general taxation

2020-03-17 16:37:34 UTC  

the companies that RUN the train don't OWN them. They're owned by rolling stock companies who then lease the trains to the train operating company.

2020-03-17 16:37:36 UTC  

My issue with it -mostly- goes away at that point

2020-03-17 16:38:01 UTC  

@faultfiction right, who is talking about that here

2020-03-17 16:38:10 UTC  

no one here is talking about that

2020-03-17 16:38:13 UTC  

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2020-03-17 16:38:25 UTC  

The issue for me isn't that rail is subsidised, per se, but the cost of that subsidy is being put on people who can't use it, and can least afford it

2020-03-17 16:38:38 UTC  

Same principle should apply to alcohol and cigarette taxes

2020-03-17 16:39:02 UTC  

Most scottish trains are dire as it is

2020-03-17 16:39:08 UTC  

welsh trains are too

2020-03-17 16:39:10 UTC  

suck ass

2020-03-17 16:39:13 UTC  

Increased ticket prices too

2020-03-17 16:39:23 UTC  

my council tax went up 200 this year

2020-03-17 16:39:27 UTC  

bigger annoyance

2020-03-17 16:39:33 UTC  

The inter-National trains are okay

2020-03-17 16:39:42 UTC  

And the ones that go to the highlands

2020-03-17 16:39:45 UTC  

1800 for bins

2020-03-17 16:39:47 UTC  

seems a bit much

2020-03-17 16:39:56 UTC  

Everything else is shit tier

2020-03-17 16:39:56 UTC  

yeet them into the fire

2020-03-17 16:40:26 UTC  

@TheCaledonian sort out the snp then

2020-03-17 16:41:15 UTC  

Labour voters tactically vote for SNP to keep the Tories out lmao

2020-03-17 16:41:19 UTC  

At least where I live

2020-03-17 16:41:42 UTC  

All the parties are cancerous atm

2020-03-17 16:42:35 UTC  

The only big difference with the SNP is "Muh Westminster" and "muh independence"

2020-03-17 16:42:48 UTC  

lol, 1800 for bins

2020-03-17 16:42:56 UTC  

you're not just paying for bins

2020-03-17 16:43:11 UTC  

you're paying for police to victimise political opponents, and arrest people for having opinions on twitter

2020-03-17 16:43:22 UTC  

you're also paying for unending public sector bullshit