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Cheap road tax to go in the budget?

junkyard · 2009-10-22 20:37:47

I heard today from a very reliable source the cheap road tax brought in by the greens is to be scrapped in the budget, did anyone else hear about it?

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#32 23-10-2009 1:43am
leeroybrown

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I know where it comes from, and to a certain degree I agree with your point, but ultimately unless completely ring-fenced any form of taxation is just a general pool of money. Motor tax may have started out life as an infrastructure tax but it would be extremely naive to think or claim that it's been that for a very long time now. Motor tax is not a road tax any more and hasn't been for a long time but it is payed directly into the local government fund and is as close to a local infrastructure grant as local authorities will see.

One thing is for sure, there'll alway be means of taxation regardless of what it is...

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#33 23-10-2009 2:28am
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gormley is going to put a 25% levy on all cars with air con to reduce green house gasses and save our planet....,,.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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