Originally Posted by
Amelia Earhart
There were the usual complaints and calls for the airport to be closed after the striking of the new rate by Derry City and Strabane council.
The airport is expected to need the usual £2 million subsidy this year. (For comparison, this is less than street sweeping, something that is entirely unnecessary if people would simply use what few litter bins there are.)
However Altnagelvin hospital also costs money, should it be closed?
It's a while since the fire brigade turned a profit, shut them down!
The roads need an annual subsidy via road tax for each car, block them off!
Northern Irish Railways are subsidised, mothball the lines they failed to in the 1960s!
The social security offices are just handing out money, lock the doors!
In fact the only part of the public sector making a profit is the tax office. Leave it open. Oh, too late, they've all been closed and moved to Belfast already.
Wonderfully put - I really don't understand the obsession in the UK that requires public transport to turn a profit.Public transport provides infinite non-tangible benefits to a nation.