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Originally Posted by eSeM,Mar 12 2008, 03:52 PM
Doesn't mention that those who already own these cars get feck all choice but to pay
(I don't disagree with you though, FWIW - this is a pretty cynical income-generating scheme, dressed up in the guise of being done "to protect the environment", which is currently in vogue and so makes it more acceptable to the masses)
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Would be much more fair if they hiked up the price of petrol/diesel and did road toll's. Why sould people that only drive 2-3k miles a year be stung as much as those that do 20-30k a year ??
I agree with most of the polluter pays policies but not like this, its not equally proportioned.
I agree with most of the polluter pays policies but not like this, its not equally proportioned.
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2p on a litre in october 2008, 1.84p more in april 2009. Joy.
God damn them for changing the rules to include Cars registered after March 2001.
Instead of me carefully choosing a car at which I'd be paying
God damn them for changing the rules to include Cars registered after March 2001.
Instead of me carefully choosing a car at which I'd be paying
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Originally Posted by Lurking Lawyer,Mar 12 2008, 03:59 PM
You always have a choice - sell.....
(I don't disagree with you though, FWIW - this is a pretty cynical income-generating scheme, dressed up in the guise of being done "to protect the environment", which is currently in vogue and so makes it more acceptable to the masses)
(I don't disagree with you though, FWIW - this is a pretty cynical income-generating scheme, dressed up in the guise of being done "to protect the environment", which is currently in vogue and so makes it more acceptable to the masses)
This pissed me off big time when they brought out band G. They introduced it retrospectively, so when i bought my car i suddenly found it had been bumped into a high tax band after i had already purchased it. They claim that this tax is designed to reduce emissions, yet by introducing it retrospectively the people who already own those cars have no choice but to pay. They don't have the chance to purchase a low emissions car in the first place.
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Originally Posted by lower,Mar 12 2008, 04:08 PM
To who? Someone that wants to go out and buy a high tax car?
As I said above, I don't disagree with what you and Steven are saying. Just that the reality is that it's all of a sudden politically acceptable to tax the out of drivers of "expensive and dirty" cars, and the public at large aren't going to have a great deal of sympathy with us.
As far as the Treasury is concerned, this is just a convenient smokescreen behind which to hide further revenue generation schemes to fund Gordon Brown (Texture Like Sun)'s latest half-baked public spending wheezes.
Realpolitik at work....