WE WANT JUSTICE!!!!!!
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 1:30 pm
Whenever I drop in a pothole, I feel as if I am a victim of extortion by the government!
Why am I mandated to pay taxes and also to pay fees to ensure my vehicles are road worthy when the government apparently has no similar mandate to ensure that the roads are vehicle worthy? Furthermore, when I drop in a pothole and damage my front end and suspension parts and chop my tyres, I am required to pay to replace them, and that cost is inclusive of a GCT component which goes to the government; which in effect means that they have basically, either actively created or failed to prevent a situation from which they directly collect income aka......extortion.
It is the equivalent of a wrecker purposely pushing you off the road into a ditch, then charging you to extract your vehicle from that ditch.
The government needs to have some accountability for doing or not doing the job they are elected and employed to do, just as there are measures of accountability to which we as citizens must adhere.
How about zero rating the GCT on the purchase cost for tyres and front end parts until we have acceptable road surfaces to drive on?
I just bought brand new tyres less than two months ago, and now one of them needs to be replaced courtesy of dropping in a government pothole which could also have cost me my life.
I feel like either the Prime Minister, or the Member of Parliament for the area, or the Minister of Works or whoever is responsible personally needs to replace my tyre.
It's not fair!!!!!
Why am I mandated to pay taxes and also to pay fees to ensure my vehicles are road worthy when the government apparently has no similar mandate to ensure that the roads are vehicle worthy? Furthermore, when I drop in a pothole and damage my front end and suspension parts and chop my tyres, I am required to pay to replace them, and that cost is inclusive of a GCT component which goes to the government; which in effect means that they have basically, either actively created or failed to prevent a situation from which they directly collect income aka......extortion.
It is the equivalent of a wrecker purposely pushing you off the road into a ditch, then charging you to extract your vehicle from that ditch.
The government needs to have some accountability for doing or not doing the job they are elected and employed to do, just as there are measures of accountability to which we as citizens must adhere.
How about zero rating the GCT on the purchase cost for tyres and front end parts until we have acceptable road surfaces to drive on?
I just bought brand new tyres less than two months ago, and now one of them needs to be replaced courtesy of dropping in a government pothole which could also have cost me my life.
I feel like either the Prime Minister, or the Member of Parliament for the area, or the Minister of Works or whoever is responsible personally needs to replace my tyre.
It's not fair!!!!!