by Hound » 17 Feb 2017 14:35
by Green » 17 Feb 2017 16:46
by DelBoyRodders » 18 Feb 2017 20:36
Royals and Racers If only it was a April fool !!!! what a bummer !!! us OAP`S cannot suddenly find an extra £5 per match. I`m so upset I`m going to write to my MP.
by The Quiet Man » 19 Feb 2017 11:07
The Quiet Man Harsh on RBC whose support comes from reading council tax payers who subsidise these routes, pretty much all of which run outside the borough boundaries, getting no help from West Berks or Wokingham. RBC can no longer afford the subsidy the club have done the right thing by stepping in until the end of this season.
I wouldn't think that the services make a profit and there is a tacit agreement between RFC and RBC (free admission for drivers etc) that has kept the service on the road. The bigger worry will be next season as it would be unreasonable to think RFC could wholly pick up the cost and equally without a number of full cost paying pensioners the future of some of the routes might be in question. If the A33 bus lanes are in place RBC may say that any Reading pensioner could get directly to the ground by getting their normal service to the town centre and then a "normal" shuttle service out to the ground which would be covered by their existing bus passes. Where that would leave the out of borough services could be problematic.
No doubt there will be some interesting discussions after this season ends around traffic management, parking, park and ride, and bus services to the ground.
by Forbury Lion » 23 Feb 2017 12:45
Forbury Lion Reading FC have agreed to subsidise OAP travel for the remaining home games, It's now £1 each way rather than £5.
by Royals and Racers » 31 Mar 2017 09:41
Forbury Lion Reading FC have agreed to subsidise OAP travel for the remaining home games, It's now £1 each way rather than £5.
Royals and RacersForbury Lion Reading FC have agreed to subsidise OAP travel for the remaining home games, It's now £1 each way rather than £5.
£1 each way offer now extended for all next season as well- Reading FC well done !!!
by Readingfanman » 31 Mar 2017 10:05
by Royals and Racers » 31 Mar 2017 10:17
Readingfanman £92 is £4 a game?
Surely it'd be £46 extra.
Royals and RacersReadingfanman £92 is £4 a game?
Surely it'd be £46 extra.
On all his posts previously he`s talked plural, so I think he is referring to 2 person`s costs.
by St Pauli » 31 Mar 2017 11:03
Greatwesternline I wonder why the elderly are deemed more in need of this subsidy compared to teenagers.
State pension £119 per week. I wonder how many teens are on that. I suppose the yoof could cycle.
So actually meh.
St PauliGreatwesternline I wonder why the elderly are deemed more in need of this subsidy compared to teenagers.
State pension £119 per week. I wonder how many teens are on that. I suppose the yoof could cycle.
So actually meh.
+1.
The pensioners can take it out of the money they saved not having to pay for uni, or the massive house price boom they benefited from, or cheap beer in pubs all those decades, or any number of things old people have that those under 25 will never get.
by St Pauli » 31 Mar 2017 14:21
by The Royal Forester » 31 Mar 2017 15:59
by Maneki Neko » 04 Apr 2017 09:02
No Fixed AbodeSt PauliGreatwesternline I wonder why the elderly are deemed more in need of this subsidy compared to teenagers.
State pension £119 per week. I wonder how many teens are on that. I suppose the yoof could cycle.
So actually meh.
+1.
The pensioners can take it out of the money they saved not having to pay for uni, or the massive house price boom they benefited from, or cheap beer in pubs all those decades, or any number of things old people have that those under 25 will never get.
But think of all those taxes over the years OAPs have paid compared to those under 25.....
by St Pauli » 04 Apr 2017 09:20
The Royal Forester How do you work that out? OAP's will have been paying tax for all those items for 50 years (and paying the same as the young at the present rates). A youngster has been paying his/her taxes for 5? 10? 15? years, if in work. Fifty years of paying tax may have been a lesser amount, but don't forget when we stated work £20 per week was a decent wage, so the proportion of wages paid in tax is about the same as now. Also, do not forget that the services that were provided by the local councils/government cost a lot less then, than they do now, so the taxes we paid all those years paid may have been less than we all pay now, but it kept the country running and paid for all that was required.
St PauliThe Royal Forester How do you work that out? OAP's will have been paying tax for all those items for 50 years (and paying the same as the young at the present rates). A youngster has been paying his/her taxes for 5? 10? 15? years, if in work. Fifty years of paying tax may have been a lesser amount, but don't forget when we stated work £20 per week was a decent wage, so the proportion of wages paid in tax is about the same as now. Also, do not forget that the services that were provided by the local councils/government cost a lot less then, than they do now, so the taxes we paid all those years paid may have been less than we all pay now, but it kept the country running and paid for all that was required.
The baby boomers are raising a generation that gets nothing from the state, but expects them to pay huge amounts of tax for social care.
by Maneki Neko » 04 Apr 2017 22:56
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