----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Atty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Proposed new car tax (OT)
> > I'm obviously dumb at the moment, but I can't work out if you are > vigorously supporting me or violently disagreeing with me. I'm certainly agreeing that they will put the tax up such that it will be more expensive to drive. > > It's quite clear that you could have a revenue neutral way to get people > out of cars. Just tax fuel at £1000 a gallon and pay them £200 a trip > to use the bus. Adjust numbers to make it balance. I meant revenue neutral as in doesn't generate any more or less money than the current fuel / VED system. This would mean it wouldn't be any more expensive to drive, which wouldn't do what they want. > > And if the Government always lie then how do we know that the objective > *is* to get people out of cars. You need to know who's pulling the strings and what they believe in. -- Niall
