On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 12:58 +0100, Adrian Stott wrote:
> >On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:07 +0100, Adrian Stott wrote: > > > >> Reducing the price of boating (e.g. navigation charges, moorings, > >> inspections) is a bad approach, because that reduces the price for > >> everyone irrespective of his income. By doing this, the government > >> would in effect subsidise every boater, including those who are able > >> to afford market prices. > > > > > >But this is the approach taken to allow access by those on low incomes > >to other areas of our culture and heritage, e.g. free/subsidised entry > >into museums art galleries etc. > > I'm afraid that comparison is not helpful. > > The marginal cost for a museum operator of providing service to one > more customer is almost nil. That is not the case for a moorings > operator. But it is the case for "navigation charges" (e.g. licences) which you included in your list above. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
