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The effects of a road congestion tax
"Nick H (UK)" wrote in message ... Indeed one may so argue!. Road tax: £10 a month before I even go anywhere. Fuel tax a lot more. And then there is however much of my Council Tax my local authority spends on making the roads less car-friendly. Crude it may be, but a hefty charge on road usage it is. Free? Absolutely no way. Of course, if these existing taxes taxes were scrapped, and road usage was then charged by usage... But then fuel tax does that anyway. Yep, fuel tax is pretty sensible as it does tax usage, however it doesn't charge for using congested roads at times of congestion. Hence someone driving down a country road is charged the same as someone trying to use a city road in the rush hour. Surely you can see the benefit of taxing the rush hour traffic more? Particualarly if it makes the traffic move more freely. I also think people should distinguish between Labour raising additional taxes (extra tax burden) and a government trying to redistribute how those taxes are raised. I mean is it fairer to tax someone extra for working hard and contributing to the economy as opposed to taxing someone for using up a limited valuable public resource? It always amazes me how the public are willing to stomach taxes like income tax and NI, but go mental at the things they actually have to pay like Poll Tax, Fuel Tax and Congestion charging. -- Nick H (UK) |
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