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Taxation is never a GOOD thing. You can tax something to death - like vehicles
to the point that the only ones with them will be the government.

Trojan Horse wrote:

> In article <33aMruBVmOt1Iw5h@hallard.demon.co.uk>, Michael Roy
> Hallard <mike@hallard.demon.co.uk> writes
> >Hello,
> >>Thank you Michael for demonstrating to the World that the British system
> >>of education is the best. We Brits are no different to the Americans.
> >YEP!
> >There are too meany people useing cars to go to work and not useing the
> >buses, so the goverment are trying to stop people using the cars and get
> >on the buses then the fares will go down and so will the car emisions,
> >road tax, ect...
> >The Goverment also Highers the price of petrol to make people use the
> >car less, it works it is a strong hand but it works so why not keep it
> >that way, Labour Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >MIKE!
> >
> I do so agree with you Mike. But please take it a few steps further on
> when all us motorists have been forced off the roads by increased
> taxation and restrictions. Take a look at how many job losses there will
> be in the motor industry and related industries, don't forget that 1 out
> of every 3 workers are related in some way to the motor industry. Also
> the treasury is going to lose out in a really big way. How are they going
> to recoup all those losses. I have already sold one vehicle because I
> was unable to afford the increased cost of fuel. This means that some
> local traders are going to lose out because I'm no longer buying fuel,
> spare parts, tyres or servicing. Then there is the loss to an insurance
> company and the loss of revenue to the treasury in terms of road taxes
> and duties on fuels. I am was getting to the point where I was
> considering the purchase of a new Vauxhall Vectra diesel estate car or
> a dual fuel <petrol/LPG> model, but with the government's intentions
> now very clear I have dropped the idea completely. I think that in a
> few years time the only cars on the road will be those operated by
> companies, the rich and the various local and national governmental
> bodies. Everybody else will be travelling by train, bus or by bike. Don't
> forget that the train companies and the bus companies have now all
> been privatised so you will not see any cheap fares. As a point you
> might consider making an investment in a car crushing plant because
> they are going to be busy people. I would think that many companies
> associated with the motor trade are going to go bust in a very short
> time. I am amazed that the government has not fully realised the easy
> way to stop people using their cars, and that is to get the oil companies
> to restrict the sales of motor fuels or to stop selling motor fuels all
> together. The problem would be solved over night. As to the question of
> emissions, the largest culprits of emissions are HGV's and buses, cars
> these days are very clean as opposed to the heavy brigade. Also you
> have not considered the effects on the environment caused by all those
> jet aircraft zooming overhead, but of course there is no duty collected
> on aviation fuels, don't you find that rather odd? Just think Mike in a
> few years time you won't need to take your car to an MoT testing
> station every year as you won't have a car. Also I think you'll find that
> all those High Street shops currently occupied by all the charities will
> be used again as grocery shops and similar. Your local council is at this
> very time making plans to stop local motorists from going to town in
> their cars to do their shopping. This goes back years to when yellow
> lines appeared on our streets, and the car parks were free, we still
> have the yellow lines but now you have to pay for the car parks, and
> car parking charges can be increased to such an extent that it will
> prove a pointless exercise to take your car into town. I feel really
> sorry for all those people who currently work for BP, Esso, Shell etc
> as they are all going to be out of work. I do really think that both the
> Conservative and New Labour political parties have got their sums
> wrong but it is nothing unusual for the British government to be totally
> anti-British and to be against their own nationals. All I am going to do
> is to swim with the tide, the next time fuel prices go up then my car can
> sit on the ramp and rot. The only way to fight this, is on an economic
> front and that is to deny the government their traditional sources of
> getting revenue. And by the way I don't pay any income tax nor do I
> qualify for any welfare benefits as I am self-sufficient.
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