Irene Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I don't usually get involved in politics, but I just received the following in an email and thought that some of you might just be interested....If you don't want Tony & Gordon to have all our money because we drive a car or bike, then please at least sign up.THIS IS REAL AND IT IS A GOVERNMENT SITE!!!The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC, the lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist and £194 for a delivery driver. A non working Mum who used the car to take the kids to school paid £86 in one month. On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will know where you are at all times. They will also know how fast you have been going, so even if you accidentally creep over a speed limit* you can expect and additional fine with your monthly bill. If you care about our freedoms and stopping the constant bashing of the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ Please pass this on to anyone who owns a car/motorcycle. It affects them. * Its not limited to speeding. They also know where parking restrictions etc are located.There are over 30million vehicles and drivers in this country. Just to register 3% of those against this proposal there needs to be 900k signed up! and the closing date is 20/02/07. Did you know about this? I did'nt.. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 This is yet another ruse by this unscrupulous government to raise taxes. It has NOTHING to do with protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions. How can people in many rural ares switch to using practically non existent public transport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I've wondered about just walking (or even jogging) everywhere to avoid being taxed. THERE'S VAT on footwear! Don't tell them that I do breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 This is yet another ruse by this unscrupulous government to raise taxes. It has NOTHING to do with protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions. How can people in many rural ares switch to using practically non existent public transport?We recognized the problem with your government and taxing 234 years ago. B) http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htmUnfortunately we did not learn from this event as a good portion of our income goes towards taxes. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 As a result of that little episode you don't have B'liar running things, but you do have Dubya. Both as bad. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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