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Tom Anderson · December 29th 06, 12:37 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Fri, 28 Dec 2006, wrote:

Boltar wrote:

wrote:

Boltar wrote:

Its simply going to screw money out of tourists or visiting
businessmen who don't know about Oyster

Is there anything wrong with this in principle, given especially as
the former are unlikely to have paid the extortionate subsidy that
those of us living in London have to pay to finance public transport?

If you use your argument you might as well say anyone foreign can't
even walk on the pavements here since they didn't pay the tax to build
or maintain them.

Your suggestion of charging tourists to use the pavement is slightly
ludicrous, but are you suggesting that tourists should be able to use
the N.H.S. or claim State benefits here?

The NHS is probably a poor example, since tourists *do* get treatment
here, if they need it.

tom

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