British Road Tax

[barhell]

A village where my mate lives has one form of public transport a once a week bus service to the nearest town and back. He's quite glad he drives.

[booder]

A village where my mate lives has one form of public transport a once a week bus service to the nearest town and back. He's quite glad he drives.

does he live near me?

[AdamM]

As tricky an argument to win as your "Big Saloons, 4x4 users should pay more" - WHY?!?

If person A earns 5x more than person B , why should person A pay MORE for something than person B - would you expect person A to pay more for a pint of Lager in a pub than person B? Of course not, so why would you in this?

Im not disagreeing with you about the global warming. the 'facts' and arguments are quite interesting and the counter argument to the existense of global warming are rarely mentioned. I'm just saying you'll have a hell of a job convincing people and I wish you luck if you are going to try.

your other point, the legislation assumes that global warming is a fact and that car emissions are a major contributary factor. if person A earns more than person B but drives the same car they shouldn't pay more. If person A spends their extra money on a more poluting car then the green tax in question should impact them more. with the exeption of income tax, person A need pay no more for anything than person B.

and Flushie, I'm a moderate socialist, not a Marxist. there's a world of difference. that said, I'm closer to the basic ideology of Marxism than Thatcherism. I believe a decent basic standard of living should be guaranteed to all and I don't mind paying for it.

[tikay]

As tricky an argument to win as your "Big Saloons, 4x4 users should pay more" - WHY?!?

If person A earns 5x more than person B , why should person A pay MORE for something than person B - would you expect person A to pay more for a pint of Lager in a pub than person B? Of course not, so why would you in this?

Karl said so.

Flushy gets top Marx.

[tikay]

When was the last time any government took any notice of a petition?
Seriously there must be 2 or 3 a week, people delivering reams of paper, thousands of signatures petitioning for different things but it is very naive to think governments would do anything on the strength of public opinion unless it is close to an election.
The only thing that seems to have caused problems to the government in relation to petrol/motorists was when the fuel distribution centres were blocked by disgruntled hauliers/stroppy welsh farmers a couple of years ago and people went into a panic and queued up at their local filling station to top up their already 3/4 full tank "just in case".

But this is NOT a petition.......! It's a spoof, ffs! Can't believe folks are actually signing it.....!

I expect Thewy to, but the rest of ya......

[ifm]

Thatcher rocked!!

Ever since Brown got onto power he has bumped the taxes on everything and invented a thousand new ones!!
On the subject of cars, we have always been told to switch to diesel because it's better for the environment, cheaper, more efficient etc. so what happens?
Diesel is now a hell of a lot more expensive than petrol!!!!!!!!!

[doubleup]

Thatcher rocked!!

errrr it was Thatcher's ideology that fkd up the public transport system in this country (although Labour has done nothing to reverse this).

[Royal Flush]

Thatcher rocked!!

errrr it was Thatcher's ideology that fkd up the public transport system in this country (although Labour has done nothing to reverse this).

Damn her for promoting the stupid idea of capitalism.

[lazaroonie]

A village where my mate lives has one form of public transport a once a week bus service to the nearest town and back. He's quite glad he drives.

does he live near me?

thats not possible. Everybody knows you are the only gay in the village...

 

[booder]

A village where my mate lives has one form of public transport a once a week bus service to the nearest town and back. He's quite glad he drives.

does he live near me?

thats not possible. Everybody knows you are the only gay in the village...

 

are you saying that Barhells mate is homosexual ?

[Graham C]

Something that is a rip off about car tax - if you don't show it in your window, you can get a fine yet we are constantly reminded that the only place the police have to look to see if you car is taxed or not is on their database! Look there then, there should be no need for us to have the bit of paper.

[Royal Flush]

As tricky an argument to win as your "Big Saloons, 4x4 users should pay more" - WHY?!?

If person A earns 5x more than person B , why should person A pay MORE for something than person B - would you expect person A to pay more for a pint of Lager in a pub than person B? Of course not, so why would you in this?

Karl said so.

Flushy gets top Marx.

Groan.


I made a rare break from 'no politics on an internet forum' rule, must stop that it never ends well.


P.S. Bring back Maggie (i ain't joking)

[Foggy]

When was the last time any government took any notice of a petition?
Seriously there must be 2 or 3 a week, people delivering reams of paper, thousands of signatures petitioning for different things but it is very naive to think governments would do anything on the strength of public opinion unless it is close to an election.
The only thing that seems to have caused problems to the government in relation to petrol/motorists was when the fuel distribution centres were blocked by disgruntled hauliers/stroppy welsh farmers a couple of years ago and people went into a panic and queued up at their local filling station to top up their already 3/4 full tank "just in case".

But this is NOT a petition.......! It's a spoof, ffs! Can't believe folks are actually signing it.....!

I expect Thewy to, but the rest of ya......

A quick thank you to everyone that has supported the petition, it has just been reported on the 1 o'clock news that over 181,000 have visited the website and added their support

Not a scam Tikay