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December 08, 2006
'Green' Tax?
I expect it was predictable that the Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the rest of the unscientific and lunatic fringe tree hugging brigade would condemn the Chancellor's latest increase in fuel tax. As far as they are concerned, nothing less than driving every last private motorist off the road by charging swingeing fuel tax, road tax and any other tax they can think of, at rates that no one can afford, is acceptable. They want us all to ride bicycles or walk. They want all internal combustion engines outlawed - but they also want the money from the taxes so they can promote all their cockamamie schemes to reverse climate change.
The latest fuel price hike by our caring Chancellor is not going to be spent on improved public transport. Let's be clear on that, it will vanish into the black hole in Whitehall and pay for more worthless penpushers or the MPs 66% pay hike. Or Blair's £60,000+ per year pension which he can claim from May onwards. It won't be spent on transport - unless its in London.
Yet again we hear the W*nkers of Whitehall rabbiting on about "Carbon" offset and "carbon" exchange - what they mean is no change to the emissions - its OK because we have offset it against something which no longer emits! Like British Industry that isn't producing anymore because its moved to China or India! Yet again the Chancellor boasted about how well the economy is doing and how good our tax savings are - but his own figures don't actually stack up - the cost of Whitehall keeps growing, every "cut" in expenditure seems to end up costing twice as much somewhere else. And his BIG announcement in the "Mini Budget" is a fraud. The "extra" cash for schools is the same money he has announced at least three times to my knowledge.
I would suspect that the only reason the tax on fuel is as low as it is - is because the Chancellor wants to get into Number 10 and become PM before anyone actually figures out ho much its consting them! That's politics for you.
Posted by The Gray Monk at December 8, 2006 04:24 PM
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Hear, hear.
Posted by: Gorsefox at December 8, 2006 12:59 PM