Tax. Waste of money, right? Isn't that what we all think? Well actually I don't. However, I am aware that government is more than capable of pissing our hard earned cash down the drain. And so it was with the Edinburgh tram scheme. £375 million for a tram system to cover the city. Ridiculous, isn't it? How about £700 million for a network that is substantially smaller than was originally planned? That's what has happened, and Edinburgh residents are expected to grin and bear it. So that's an extra £325 million for a lesser service. Lets not quibble, and lets just say that it is an extra £325 million.
So assuming there are half a million tax payers in Edinburgh that is, on average, an extra £650 each, above an d beyond what they were originally paying. Imagine that. Imagine your council comes to you and says "you know that infrastructure that you've paid for, that you may or may not have had a use for? Well, we're going to take an extra £650 from you to pay for it." Half a million times.
My wife said something to me about this. She said "why isn't someone in prison for this?" Of course, the immediate answer is "incompetence isn't a criminal offence." Come to think of it, I don't think it's even a civil offence. But THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION POUNDS! Someone should be in prison. And that statement applies equally to the Ministry Of Defence, HMRC (Vodafone), etc etc.
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