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Ryan Bridge: I don't mind paying the train tax
I don't mind paying the train tax in Auckland, even though I won't be using it.
Rates are going up 7.9% next year. Which let's be honest, is like Woolworths selling butter for $7.99.
It's 8%. Wayne Brown is the 8% man.
Mr Fix it is hitting us in the pocket, and it will hurt.
An extra $320 for your average ratepayer. The average goes from $4,055 to $4,375.
If we didn't have to subside the City Rail Link's operations, it'd be 0%.
Now, usually, something like this would get me a bit angry. I'd be tempted to go tag the side of a locomotive in the middle of the night with a cartoon of Wayno saying…
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