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Apr 10, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
GRA I believe, announced that senior citizens will no longer pay $4000 tax to travel, instead will pay $1500.  Seniors also won’t have to pay for driver’s licence.
While I  appreciate  that government has taken certain considerations that concern the overall welfare of our senior citizens I still wonder how these measures would change the overall welfare of our senior citizens. The reality, I feel, is that seniors who own and drive a car can most likely afford the license fee, the seniors who can get on a plane, same thing.
It seems as if we’re helping those who (and I stand corrected) can most likely help themselves and those seniors who need it the most, are still left in the dust.
Is there a way we can compute the cost to Government of these two changes and share the pot with ALL senior citizens?”   Perhaps revisit the water and electrical subsidies, give them a free pass on government transportation services i.e., ferries.
Ann Geer

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