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Cape Town - The government should be tightening the belt to pay for e-tolls instead of ordinary South Africans and there should be no e-tolling without complete transparency, Fin24 users write.
Users were responding to a letter from another user who wrote in that e-tolls are entirely affordable as long as one takes the necessary steps to live within one's limits.
Amid rising costs of living, government should be tightening the belt instead of ordinary South Africans, commented Gideon Groenewald.
"I think government, national and provincial, should tighten their belts on expenses and help the rest of the country.
"Start looking at unnecessary government expenditure, such as daily lunches, clothing, entertainment ... every job has its perks, but a government job is suppose to be a selfless job, not an enriching one."
He also touched on petrol costs.
"Isn't the R13 plus we spend on a litre of petrol and the increasing cost of electricity already tightening the belt?"
He added that he was of the view that levies and taxes included in petrol went towards the road accident fund and to maintain national roads.
A user who identifies himself as Konstabel Koekemoer also shared Groenewalds view.
He said maintaining roads is already paid for through taxes and levies.
Koekemoer went a step further by dismissing the advice from Thrify and saying he was a Sanral representative.
"Another Sanral clone writing as if it represents the public."
"The whole point is that we should not be paying tolls at all as tolling is a very expensive way to collect funds.
Another user, David Lane, wrote to Thrifty:
"Great news, so by not spending money and supporting our economy, we might just be able to afford to help the government pay for this ridiculous system."
User Nigel Payne said the story of e-tolls is not only about affordability. "It is about corruption."
He said buying an e-tag and paying the tolls amounts to direct support for corruption.
"There should be no e-tolling without complete transparency", he advised.
On a more humourous note, user Mez vd Berg said that Thrifty is quite "amazing"
"Now he can turn over, have a good stretch, and dream more vivid pipe dreams.
"Cheers to his excellent philosophy though, he should take it a step further by quitting his job and going on a hunger strike until we all dream his dream."
Getting more serious, Anthony Horne wrote in suggesting that Fin24 is in cahoots with the government and Sanral.
"Who approved this drivel about 'I can afford e tolls'", he asked.
"Until today, I thought that Fin24 was at least somewhat 'open' and not subject to the underhanded way in which Sanral and government impart their 'unbiased' information. Shame on you!"
- Fin24
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Users were responding to a letter from another user who wrote in that e-tolls are entirely affordable as long as one takes the necessary steps to live within one's limits.
Amid rising costs of living, government should be tightening the belt instead of ordinary South Africans, commented Gideon Groenewald.
"I think government, national and provincial, should tighten their belts on expenses and help the rest of the country.
"Start looking at unnecessary government expenditure, such as daily lunches, clothing, entertainment ... every job has its perks, but a government job is suppose to be a selfless job, not an enriching one."
He also touched on petrol costs.
"Isn't the R13 plus we spend on a litre of petrol and the increasing cost of electricity already tightening the belt?"
He added that he was of the view that levies and taxes included in petrol went towards the road accident fund and to maintain national roads.
A user who identifies himself as Konstabel Koekemoer also shared Groenewalds view.
He said maintaining roads is already paid for through taxes and levies.
Koekemoer went a step further by dismissing the advice from Thrify and saying he was a Sanral representative.
"Another Sanral clone writing as if it represents the public."
"The whole point is that we should not be paying tolls at all as tolling is a very expensive way to collect funds.
Another user, David Lane, wrote to Thrifty:
"Great news, so by not spending money and supporting our economy, we might just be able to afford to help the government pay for this ridiculous system."
User Nigel Payne said the story of e-tolls is not only about affordability. "It is about corruption."
He said buying an e-tag and paying the tolls amounts to direct support for corruption.
"There should be no e-tolling without complete transparency", he advised.
On a more humourous note, user Mez vd Berg said that Thrifty is quite "amazing"
"Now he can turn over, have a good stretch, and dream more vivid pipe dreams.
"Cheers to his excellent philosophy though, he should take it a step further by quitting his job and going on a hunger strike until we all dream his dream."
Getting more serious, Anthony Horne wrote in suggesting that Fin24 is in cahoots with the government and Sanral.
"Who approved this drivel about 'I can afford e tolls'", he asked.
"Until today, I thought that Fin24 was at least somewhat 'open' and not subject to the underhanded way in which Sanral and government impart their 'unbiased' information. Shame on you!"
- Fin24
Are you itching to say something about e-tolls? Send us your views.
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyFin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
Fin24 reserves the right to obtain service providers' comments before publishing any articles or letters, and to edit any material used. Fin24 also reserves the right to edit or delete any and all user comments received.
