The cdes who are calling for the returns of cars and for ministers to be driven in Tatas and Toyotas are leaving in utopia. In fact this is cloud cuckoo land stuff! Why do you think a Lexus would be cheaper than a BMW 7-series? I expect this line of argument from DA, the contortionist of truth and twisters of logic.
We can't afford to have ministers dying on the roads (like student leaders) because of cheaper cars! Having said that, I think there is a need though for government to develop a uniform approach on this matter. A pool of cars to be leased from government garage would be one of the options. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BrendanLee Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 2:38 PM To: YCLSA Discussion Forum Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Fwd: [COSATU Press] COSATU says No to ministers' expensive cars The issue comrades, is quite simple. Blade was advised to get a car that met with the standards required in order to successfully and safely fulfil his appointed function as a minister. The BMW that was chosen met with all of these requirements. Now the only argument it seems is that a car that met all of these functions including that of power and fuel economy could be met for a cheaper price. To me that is doing exactly what this comrade accuses Dominic of doing "Comrade Dominic must not come and romanticise or be sentimental about the matter of cars". The truth is. The purchase of this car will not empty government of its coffers, what people are complaining about is that expenditure should be targeted to education or heath etc. These people are shouting in the wrong direction, it is the finance minister who directs government spending to different area's more money should have been allocated in this regard. If a cheaper vehicle was bought that money would still be available for that ministerial office as part of their annual expenses and probably would have resulted in a loosening of slacks elsewhere. What is important is that lessons are learned and that in future there should be vehicles bought as part of a car pool that meet the requirements and can be acquisitioned at a lower price (bulk buying). Of course I am sure the DA would then moan about what cars were selected for that. In this way it will have all the benefits that are known and recognised by other countries but it will also mean silly debates like this will not fill the media when there are important issues like reactionary firing of hard working soldiers However, in light of what has happened I am grateful that Blade has apologised for the purchase purely because he should have acknowledged the fact that there was potential for the trivialising of the matter and his apology has acted to show that. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
