Just to clarify to all..(And i would still reccomend reading , at least at a broad overview level, the.Abide papers before commenting.
--It is false and fairly misleading to state that Abide looks at expenditure alone and not at revenue.I believe the financing part of the papers covers some very important directions at financing without compromising on the legalities. --It would be even more false to put down the "User fees" issue as the "catch" in the whole document.User fees is just one part of the financing methods mentioned . for info ..it says .."User fees to incorportaed legally with subsidies.....etc" Some other financing avenues mentioned ----compliance of 16 lack households ---revenue enforcement ---models to raise income from higher income neighbourhood area. ( is this elitist??) ---in PPP , to discourage projects where land is given free for viabilty....etc" Those who read my earlier posting on this mattter would know that I had specifically stated that this "user fees" issue would be used as a red herring and as a method to garner anti Abide sentiment . But my overall point would still be .... -I do not think abide by itself can change the political /beuracracy/ land mafia nexus or bring in a really new structure of governence , without pressure form many walks of life on the system.It is after all a "proposal" and the body itself is not the excecutor, or final decision making body. --In the abide papers , there is more than a semblance of change in the right direction --Do we citizens /CAF sit in the sidelines and take potshots at abide or engage constructively. Please let us not join the bandwagon of career dissentors and cribbers. vijayan . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to citizens-action-forum@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to citizens-action-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
