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[Nickbat]

Apparently, tomorrow's Guardian has the story:

http://twitpic.com/8y702e

 

[the alarming man]

had too happen i guess...this mob have nothing left to get rid off..mind whos buying no one got any money

[flyer 0712]

Heard they are even thinking of taxing the profit you make when we sell our house for more than we paid for them..when we want to move on to another property.......But i remember back in the sixties when all your white goods and luxury goods..t vs. and such had 25% tax on them.....Oh shut my gob as they may read this and do it again.......they are all  wiily wonkers...(cant spell ).

[Rods2]

Only 20% VAT now bargain 

[omega3000]

Proposed more toll roads  more money out of our pockets 

[Del Boy]

So huge fuel costs, huge tax prices, and now more & more toll roads, the man is a complete and utter wan*er!

[Varche]

VAT 22% ? on Wednesday.

Roads. Sell em to the Frenchies. They have everything else like our nuclear power and electric. No reason why the Uk needs to retain ownership of its infrastructure.

Charge everyone for using the roads they paid for already. In fact lets have an M25 tax. Only paid by folk living inside the M25.

Just who is actually going to have the money to build new roads?(apart from the Chinese)

[cem_devecioglu]

who voted them

[r1]

so remind me why do we pay road tax?

[Rods2]

If road tax was just a nominal sum and fuel taxes were reasonable, then there would be a case for toll roads, so the infrastructure was built as this country badly need more roads and major improvements to many existing major roads.

But as road taxes are high and fuel taxes are enormous then there will be massive resentment and boycotting of toll roads as, quite rightly, we all feel we are paying twice. 

LibCons can fool some people some of the time, but not on this one. 

[Nick W]

so remind me why do we pay road tax?

It was introduced in the early thirties when the government realised cars were a huge New resource they could tax.
The money raised that way has NEVER been allocated for road and travel expenditure, as government accounting doesn't work that way.

[STMO123]

I vividly remember the whoops of joy on this forum when Brown & Co. were ousted 

[bored bigyin54]

that is a way to get us to use A roads thats what will happen because people wont want to pay again

[STMO123]

that is a way to get us to use A roads thats what will happen because people wont want to pay again

You're missing the point, old bean. It's a conservative government, so people who can afford to pay get their own roads. No omegas allowed, sorry 

[bored bigyin54]

that leaves us out not rich