Aren't we all blindly being shepherded down the user pays path by the fact that the Government has been completely incompetant at fiscal management.
Perhaps we should be asking why out of the the hundreds of millions of dollars generated by goods and services purchased, that are a direct result of
our participation in boating and fishing, there is virtually nothing available to fund research ,compliance,infrastructure and in the the case of my personal wish list an
effective plan for the future.
That is the real question.
I cannot see a justification for designing and approving a new revenue stream to achieve what should already be in place
.
Given the inescapable fact that the current revenue has been squandered in a disgraceful fashion.
It is simply good money after bad.
Remember also, that once the user pays genie is out he wont go back and we wont be able to keep him in check.
Every time we ask for an increase government spending for anything fisheries related it will be ......user pays.
I know this is going to upset a few people, but I have started to understand, we are being played in a classic"bait and switch" ploy.
Cheers
rando