Acc rip off petition

**pipson** · 2nd December 2009, 16:32

This is it, this letter arrived today. It came from the Labour party's Hon Rick Barker & has to be returned by 15 February 2010. Please print out & distribute it widely to family, friends, bikers, workmates etc & return to Parliament.

**Rayray401** · 2nd December 2009, 16:34

lol @ the end, "triumph owner"

**StoneY** · 2nd December 2009, 16:35

Beat me by minutes!!!

Had just forwarded mine from work e-mail lol

**MSTRS:Me** · 2nd December 2009, 16:36

But does it cover the legal requirements for petitions?

**StoneY** · 2nd December 2009, 16:40

Yes, its from Labour, Rick Barker made sure it meets legal req's

**rustic101** · 2nd December 2009, 17:06

I'd bloody vote for them next time

He seems like a good hard working Bugger and come across as a no "BULL SHIT" sorta guy... unlike that dick

nix myth who every time he opens his mouth all I hear is BULL SHIT BULL SHIT BULL SHIT

**pipson** · 2nd December 2009, 17:19

Originally Posted by Rayray401

lol @ the end, "triumph owner"

We will not hold that against him, he is on our side.

**I GS 1** · 2nd December 2009, 18:04

This is one it would be worth going with. If each biker got even one page filled by non bikers they know, we would start having the numbers that they would start taking a little more seriously

**EgliHonda** · 2nd December 2009, 19:19

Looks like the same one the local labour candidate was passing round at Wyndham as people were leaving the last event at the Munro Rally.
I signed, but was dubious at first as she is as dumb as a sack of hammers * and I don't think she understood the issue. I don't mind shameless electioneering though if it helps the cause...

* seriously, you should see the rambling letters she sends to the local rag...

**dpex** · 2nd December 2009, 19:47

Originally Posted by pipson

This is it, this letter arrived today. It came from the Labour party's Hon Rick Barker & has to be returned by 15 February 2010. Please print out & distribute it widely to family, friends, bikers, workmates etc & return to Parliament.

Okay!!! Here's how we use this. Rick Barker makes a declaratory statement.

Send this statement to every National Back-Bench MP and ask them to explain.

Ask them who is right. Rick Barker or nick Smith?

Ask them if the public will sit down and take this rubbish.

'One of you has to be right! So who is it? Your leaders or Rick Barker?'

Always preface your emails with, 'Do you want to find political oblivion?'

**MSTRS:Me** · 4th December 2009, 09:30

I want to dot copies of the petition about the place, but it needs an explanatory blurb to go with it. I thought this one would do it. Comments?

In October of this year, motorcyclists learned that they were to pay up to 400% increases in their ACC levies on registrations. Obviously this was unwelcome news, and we immediately began protesting, and to investigate the reasoning behind such a huge increase. Very quickly, it was found to be based on grossly distorted statistics and actual lies. Soon after, we found that ACC had many other user groups in their spotlight for big increases. We began warning the country with the “Who’s Next?” campaign. ACC and the minister, Nick Smith, countered this with repetitive falsities in an attempt to discredit and marginalise motorcyclists and their protest. But we won’t be quiet.
Slowly the public is becoming aware of just how much extra is going to be taken in all areas of ACC collections. For most earners, this will be in the nature $400-500 EXTRA every year, just on your wages. Plus, your car registration will jump by about $150, and your annual petrol bill will increase by around $220. And all the while, at the entitlement end, there are to be cuts. We agree with removing payouts to those injured in a criminal act. But that’s it.
You may have heard that ACC is broke? It’s not. After all expenses last year, they posted a profit (surplus) of $1.2 BILLION. Coupled with a record $11 BILLION in reserves. All these increases and entitlement removals are for one reason only – to prepare ACC to be sold to private, offshore insurance companies. Privatising, in other words. Nobody will be better off. Except big business. And the lawyers, due to the inevitable court cases that we currently avoid under the system we’ve had since 1974.
But don’t take our word for it. Do some investigating of your own.
Contact your local MPs. All of them. Ask the direct questions.
Otherwise, to add your voice to the calls for a stop to this nonsense, please sign the petition.

**MSTRS:Me** · 4th December 2009, 11:41

An alternative that may be easier to read...

**ZephyrMark2** · 4th December 2009, 11:48

Originally Posted by MSTRS

An alternative that may be easier to read...

Easier to read by font and layout, but the grammar isn't...

I think the first one was heaps better

**short-circuit** · 4th December 2009, 11:50

Is there a typo in here?:

"And there will be cuts to entitlements. Only one of these is palatable".

**MSTRS:Me** · 4th December 2009, 11:53

Originally Posted by short-circuit

Is there a typo in here?:

"And there will be cuts to entitlements. Only one of these is palatable".

No error. One of the cuts is for payouts on injuries sustained in the course of a criminal act. Most of us accept that is not right to give that Burton prick a $10,000 titanium leg. Let him make his own from a broomstick or something.