Time to protest?

[Owl]

100% support, even if it causes me an inconvenience. Good on them for standing up!

[Skyryder]

I could understand the protest if most of the truckies had to fork out of their own pocket for road charges but most are employees of the trucking firms and they have allowed themselves to become the instrament of their employer. This is just a stunt by an ex Nat MP for political purposes and the drivers have allowed themselves to become pawns of their bosses. Sad realy that the working class has allowed itself to be used like this.

Skyryder

[peasea]

Might I remind everyone that in ten days its Bastille Day. If you ever needed some inspiration, there it be.

[Rollestonchick]

I could understand the protest if most of the truckies had to fork out of their own pocket for road charges but most are employees of the trucking firms and they have allowed themselves to become the instrament of their employer. This is just a stunt by an ex Nat MP for political purposes and the drivers have allowed themselves to become pawns of their bosses. Sad realy that the working class has allowed itself to be used like this.

Skyryder

Most of those truckies you will find, are owner operators. They have to pay their own road charges, not the trucking company, that is the logo on their rigs

[Flatcap]

I could understand the protest if most of the truckies had to fork out of their own pocket for road charges but most are employees of the trucking firms and they have allowed themselves to become the instrament of their employer. This is just a stunt by an ex Nat MP for political purposes and the drivers have allowed themselves to become pawns of their bosses. Sad realy that the working class has allowed itself to be used like this.

Skyryder

About 5% of the trucking fleet was at the protest and as Rollestonchick says most were owner-operators.

Those who weren't will still get paid to be pawns

[Benjiboi]

I was just watching the news today the government has decided to allow local councils to add regional tax of at first 2c but with the ability to increase that to 10c by this time next year.
And this is to pay for roading projects???
Wasn't that the idea of increasing road user charges??



Plus they just increased the price of liquor how will I cope

[Flatcap]

Plus they just increased the price of liquor how will I cope

Walk to the boozer

[Rollestonchick]

my joke of the day: :Today truckies have made the auckland motor way look like Helen Clark....an ugly route .....

[skidMark]

how much c4 would it take to blow up the beehive?

[skidMark]

my joke of the day: :Today truckies have made the auckland motor way look like Helen Clark....an ugly route .....

I just spat coca cola all over my laptop.

Damn you. lol

[davereid]

The road transport forum has always said they are happy to pay their fair share of costs. They just want fair representation in determining what those costs rally are.

This protest is actually saying to labour

"You are arrogant and you lie. You give with one hand and take with another. The small businesses of NZ, and the workers who won't get a benefit increase cannot afford your endless greed"

[skidMark]

The road transport forum has always said they are happy to pay their fair share of costs. They just want fair representation in determining what those costs rally are.

This protest is actually saying to labour

"You are arrogant and you lie. You give with one hand and take with another. The small businesses of NZ, and the workers who won't get a benefit increase cannot afford your endless greed"

Or in laymans/truckie talk.

saying to labour...

"Fuck you cunts"

[idleidolidyll]

any time the public gets involved in politics is good, that's real democracy

[DEATH_INC.]

Good on 'em. It's aboot time us Kiwi's stood up and stopped taking it up the arse from our servants.

[Flatcap]

any time the public gets involved in politics is good, that's real democracy

Only if there is an understanding of the system and the people in it.

Most people are morons - there needs to be a voting license and a test to get it