On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:31:30 +0000, Cast_Iron wrote:
So by that argument high wage earners in London payting higher a\mounts of
income and other taxes shouldn't contribute to the unemployed of other parts
of the UK?

No. Tax is evil, social security is evil, and subsidising rail is evil.

We live in a society where we all pay in to a central pot and everyone
benefits from that central pot.

And that society is wrong

On a different theme, why is building a new railway "subsidy" and a road
"investement"? They're both for the same purpose.

Except car drivers pay £30bn a year in taxes through Car tax and petrol
tax, yet only see £5bn investment in roads. In reality train users should
be paying something like £150pw for a travel card for zone 1 alone.