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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  21 February 2012     17:00154806
  #1      
  will be interesting to see what the cobbled together people think of this one.
  
  
  http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/303471/-Bus-pass-ban-will-help-boost-economy-
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  21 February 2012     20:16154853
  #2      
  seeing that myself and i think coletteb is in the same situation that being 60ish at the moment and with out a buss pass,the way it reads if this idea is taken on board by goverment we wont get one,i have been told i cant have mine untill january 2013.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  21 February 2012     20:30154865
  #3      
  that is right brian, dave said hand on heart that nothing would change regarding passes.
  
  behind the scenes the criteria has changed where 60 is not the age anymore, all very complicated but i was told some time ago by a chap aged 55 that the bus pass and sundry goodies would not reach him until he was 64.
• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
  • Posts: 13,931
  21 February 2012     20:44154873
  #4      
  I thought bus passes were meant to be for pensioners so they should not be available to those under pension age.
  
  On the wider issue we get a lot of trade from those who live in Deal and Folkestone who have used their bus pass so it does help the economy.
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  I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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