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Old May 30th 04, 11:05 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default UK Petrol prices

Nick Cooper wrote:

And if they're successful, whichever government it is will just tag
the lost revenue elsewhere. In a way, it might be better to abolish
all "hidden" taxes and just bung everything on income tax, but they'll
never do that, because it would make the overall burden too
apparent....


Coincidentally, for standard rate taxpayers, today is the day when you stop
earning money for the government and start earning it for yourself.

In each year, almost 5 months worth of your salary goes in tax!