WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: It will be the Working Class, Beneficiaries, Students, Pensioners, Māori, Pacifica and Disabled who will be hurt most at the Pump
The Government is loathe to do anything about the Petrol price inflation because they have spent the last 2 weeks attacking Labour’s response to Covid.
This has created political paralysis rather than leadership.
Monat Working People, Beneficiaries, Students, Pensioners, Māori, Pacifica and the Disabled do not have the luxury or privilege to simply accept those petrol price increases so the longer it takes for the Government to have a response, the more pain they are expected to carry while food inflation spikes to 4.5%!
We need solutions now, not when we run out of fuel!
- Free Public Transport is a must to act as a pressure valve on those about to be swamped by an inflation spike generated by this war.
- Working from Home must be brought back where applicable.
- Reducing road speeds from 100km to 80km
There are ways we can reduce the use of petrol right now, and we should be exploring those before the worst case scenarios occur.
It is not acceptable that Māori, Pacifica, the Disabled, Students, Beneficiaries, Pensioners and the Working classes pay for an illegal war by America and Israel that they had no hand in making!
Waiting for the Free Market to solve this isn’t a solution!
