2007-11-11 09:27:13 · 11 answers · asked by c5 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
its mostly tax
2007-11-11 09:31:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
For certain reasons I am able to quote certain economic facts. We currently pay 66.7p a litre tax on petrol. The price here is not wildly different to that in say France. The UK economy is the fifth biggest in the world. The total personal tax burden for a standard rate payer in the UK is very similar to comparable EEC countries, certainly not the highest. OK petrol is 20P a litre in Egypt, but the average monthly wage not long ago was under £40. So such comparisons are meaningless. We do borrow much more than average. This is what is driving inflation. Internationally marketed luxury goods like games machines are priced higher here than in any other country owing to our economic behaviour. We also buy many more 4x4 and big cars than average. Draw your own conclusions.
2007-11-12 05:57:55 · answer #2 · answered by fred35 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Petrol in the U.K. is 20p a litre. Unfortunately, the British Government adds 80p a litre in taxes - hence, we actually pay around £1.00 a litre.
2007-11-12 01:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The average Egyptian earns about £1:50 an hour; if he is lucky.
So in minutes worked it takes about the same time to earn a litre of petrol.
2007-11-11 17:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tax Tax Tax plus Vat
2007-11-11 17:31:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
a litre is 1.40 L.E (Egyptian pound)
it worth a big bottle of water (Dasani)
It worth 3 days consumption of a moderate family of bread..
The average wages (i think) is like 500 L.E./month
2007-11-13 07:53:16 · answer #6 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the closer you are to a resource the cheaper it is.
taxes - you may not realize it but half the cost is taxes.
politics - there is a cost associated
2007-11-11 17:39:51 · answer #7 · answered by Brad456 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah TAX TAX TAX, but have any one thought for one minute where the hell is our tax goes to!
2007-11-12 13:42:00 · answer #8 · answered by Dan the MAN 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its because of all the idiots out there who vote labour governments in. just look at how much money they spend on themselves but none on the armed forces who they send out to iraq etc to be killed for no reason at all
2007-11-11 17:35:44 · answer #9 · answered by Dark Crusader 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
cause this country is not egypt
2007-11-12 07:15:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋