Blood Suckers!

I was horrified listening to the local news. Just imagine, the local government of the Australian Capital Territory has come up with another revenue raiser, an idea that their political opponents call, "mean spirited" which is political double talk for "we are jealous that we did not think of this first."

Payment for parkingwill in all likelihood be introduced at the two main hospitals in Canberra .

"Mean spirited" is probably the lightest comment I would make about this proposal.

Just imagine how this works.

We, the taxpayers have worked our fingers to the bone to raise the money which pays for the hospital including the car park and all of the people who work there as well as all of their equipment. When we get sick, we pay once again (usually through the nose) for the services that we receive there and also for the drugs and the medical consultations we need prior to going in as patients and of course afterwards to aid our recovery.

Then of course there are the dollars extracted from our salaries in the form of the Medicare Levy and naturally not wanting to be penalised some of us also take out private insurance. The fact that there are huge waiting lists for what are known as 'elective' procedures. Elective? Let me tell you that "elective" can include surgery, chemo and radio therapy for cancer. That's elective?

Anyway to add insult to injury (literally) our loved ones who come to visit us in the hospital while we are in bed and recovering from some treatment or other will now have to pay once again for the privilege of caring for us and for coming to visit to cheer us up and to provide some reason for our continuing to live and to recover.

That's not "mean spirited" that is crass and exploitative. At a time when at least one of the people who can bring income into a household is incapacitated, when the costs of all of the medical procedures are driving people into debt if not poverty THIS is the time that the local government wants to impose another financial burden in the form of car parking costs.

Get a LIFE you blood sucking "representatives"! Stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution!