Re: Petrol tax rise
Right lets cut the cr*p about the fuel duty being put there to put off people to using their cars and for the environment. its pure and simple a nice easy thing to tax as 99% of people use it and will still use it even when it goes up.
Whoever said there is viable alternatives, load of utter bull, try living out side a city and see if you think that. You would have to change your jobs to the hours of about 10-3 max to ensure you could get a bus to and from work. If it was to encourage more public transport use, surley they should be opening up more train stations adding bus routes.
Rural public transport isa joke and having a car Is the best way to get about. The case for it puts off Chelsea tractors is ar*e as well. If you can afford a £50K car are you really going to worry about an extra couple of £ per tank to fill it? No you are not, same goes for the tax going up to £400 for them as well.
Really bottom line is its done cos we will whinge about it but cant live with out fuel and so the government knows they can get away with it as conveniently they have not given anyone an alternative. Partly because they sold off all the public transport to private operators who are only interested in profit and wont add un profitable routes in the places that need it should it really become too expensive to use a car.
Bring on the protests.
Oh and the governmet wont care cos do you really think they pay for their own fuel
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