We already pay stupid amounts of tax to use sub-standard roads in the U.K. We also already pay by the mile (fuel duty! the more miles you do, the more fuel you use and the more tax you pay).
I worked out based on proposed “pay buy the mile” it will cost me £14 per day to go to work and back, this on top of the £580 per month Income tax and £290 NI. It’s going to cost me £1150 for the privilege of working hard for a month. (These calculations are approximate and I know “we are all in the same boat”) I suppose I could sit on my butt all day at home and get paid for but that’s one for another day!
Obviously this can’t go ahead so what I would like to propose is that nationally we have one day where we do not use our cars at all!! This would of course require massive public support but I think it would cost the fools in supposed power an awful lot of cash and make them listen. It might also get us some fresh air and keep the tree huggers happy.
you can’t fix the ozone with taxes
2007-02-14 00:38:43 · 6 answers · asked by chris c 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
I totally agree 100% !!! The worst part is most of us don't even earn that much anyway. i myself am in the minimum wage bracket, and yet i have to pay the same road / fuel tax etc . as someone who is on 30k per year, I'm on about 9K, and have been for the last 3 years , without any kind of pay rise there is no Chance of ever keeping up!
2007-02-14 00:48:05 · answer #1 · answered by jon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I presume the day we all leave our cars at home will be a Sunday. If we all didn't drive to work on a weekday, one of two things would happen.
A: The useless public transport system would grind to a halt by about 7:15.
or B: Everyone would take the day off & no work would get done. Like a General Strike. (I'm up for it if you are!)
The truth is, this despicable bunch of cretins just want to screw as much money out of us as possible to pay for their own wages & expenses, wars in Iraq, Domes, Olympics etc... Motorists are an easy target & since we were stupid enough to vote T'Bony Liar into power not once but twice, we only have ourselves to blame.
2007-02-15 07:56:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 09:44:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're too late (I think) to add your name to the petition on the Number Ten website. Tony Blair and some of his advisers have already said that they are going to ignore this petition even though the requisite 1,000,000 signatures have been gathered to have the bill thrown out of the Houses. In fact the website crashed several times. I think that us as angered drivers should all get together and protest outside the Houses of Parliament.
2007-02-14 04:58:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All it needs is for the British people to stand together and say no.... and or refuse to pay it.
2007-02-14 01:03:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well there is elections coming up we pay more now in tax than under tories
2007-02-14 01:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by njaymc2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋