Taxing to the Stone Age

Just a little reminder from the Gorse Fox regarding the taxes our soviet masters have in store for us:

• Vehicle Excise Duty rising to £1800 (for the top gas-guzzlers)
• Road usage charging
• VAT on airline tickets

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee

accuses the Department for Transport of seeming to accept that little can be done to stop the rise in CO2 emissions due to the increase in travel caused by economic growth.

Now maybe there's a clue there... "increase in travel caused by economic growth". Equally, the converse may be true - reduced travel may well cause economic slowdown. Much more likely, however, is that these costs will have to be absorbed by the economically active, and passed on in their fees and prices, fuelling inflations.

As the current soviet regime seems intent on driving (can GF say "driving" without being taxed?) us all back to the stone age... the Gorse Fox asks again whether MPs should:

• pay tax on their government cars
• pay tax on thier rail travel
• pay for the fuel in their government cars
• link their gold-plated pensions to the average UK company pension
• pay market rates for their food at the House of Commons
• pay the market rate for their drinks in the House of Commons bar
• etc

You see, these power-crazed leeches are insulated from the realities that are faced by their employers (the electorate).

[File under: Tax]