----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Atty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Proposed new car tax (OT)
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:21:30 -0000, Mike Stevens wrote: > >>Nobody is *required* to travel to work. I have long argued for a >>substantial tax incentive for living within walking distance of one's >>work. >>As for travelling *for* work, that's a business expense and should be >>treated as such i.e. tax-deducatible. > > What do you do when - as has happened to people I know - someone has > bought a house within walking distance of their place of work, then the > Government builds a new workplace under PFI which is no longer within > walking distance (but, cleverly, too close for them to be eligible for > relocation). > > So as well as their daily costs going up, and them having to spend more > time "at" work, you'd have them taxed into the bargain? It's readily apparent that most people actively want *not* to live near industrial or commercial development, so there would have to be compelling reasons why they should be forced to. I don't believe the reasons given are valid or in many cases presented truthfully by those who have other ideological reasons for advocating them. -- Niall
