So I previously bagged Springborg for coming up with the giving people free transport if they swipe off between 6am and 7am or 7pm and 8pm. I didn't like it because to me it was thinking too small - we do need more transport infrastructure all over the state - we'd be getting a lot of free loading students getting into uni early and staying until late and once again I wouldn't benefit and would have to pay for every one else getting a free ride (as Milton Friedman says, "there's no such thing as a free lunch" or in this case train fare).
Last night I got to speak with the candidate running in my area and apparently party polling indicates that the initative is actually quite successful. Once again I mistake Joe Public's response.
So I'm not too proud to say that perhaps I was premature in bagging the policy. |