Paul Weaver wrote:
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

So why do you continue to live in such a society? Unless you've already left
the UK in which case what are you whinging about?

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.

(Yet again) Taxes levied on motor vehicles and their use is not
hypothecated.