From: The Medway Handyman on
dan(a)telent.net wrote:
> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> FFS. If you want to drive a car on the road you have to have a tax
>> disc - simple.
>
> No. If you want to drive (or keep) a car on the road, that *car* must
> have a tax disc. It is the vehicle keeper's responsibility to make
> sure of this, not the driver's.
>
> If it's that simple, stop getting it wrong.

So how much is a tax disc for a push bike?


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From: The Medway Handyman on
mileburner wrote:
> "johnwright" <""john\"@no spam here.com"> wrote in message
> news:7nqafcF3nossoU2(a)mid.individual.net...
>>
>> The Government does not believe in ring fencing. If you remember,
>> when the truckers were campaigning for a reduction in fuel tax, Tony
>> Blair said "Which school or hospital do you want me to close?" This
>> demonstrates the lack of linkage. One can compare amounts but that
>> is all.
>
> Which goes to show what a bunch of selfish stingy mean c**ts the
> truckers are.

How was your push bike delivered to the shop then idiot? Did it ride
itself?


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From: The Medway Handyman on
Roger Thorpe wrote:
> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>> mileburner wrote:
>>> "Peter Grange" <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:pa3eh51u34vddbqelfnu412tlqb92nqlbc(a)4ax.com...
>>>> Read what you said. "Cyclists don't pay it" No qualification, just
>>>> that. Introducing qualifications later doesn't affect what you
>>>> said. I am a cyclist, I pay VED. I am a motorist, you are a
>>>> motorist, we pay VED. The difference being I am a cyclist as well.
>>>> We are not a separate race, some of us do both.
>>> I am a cyclist and I pay VED.
>>>
>>> Is that so hard for a non-cycling motorist to understand?
>>
>> Is it too hard to understand that you don't pay a 'specific' tax to
>> cycle?
> There are a few users who are exempt from VED
> try

This pathetic excuse has been tried before & doesn't change anything.


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From: The Medway Handyman on
soup wrote:
> The Medway Handyman wrote:
>
>> You are not entitled to use what you don't pay for.
>
> True, but then motorists are no more paying for the roads than anyone
> else . Note 'no more' not 'not', as I am quite aware that lots
> (nearly said everyone there) pays VAT, Income tax, etc etc etc .
> Anyway I am getting bored with making the, truthful, statement over
> and over and... again that :-
> *VED/road tax does NOT pay for the road it licenses the use of a
> vehicle on the road.*
> only too have the lie that VED is used to pay for roads repeated two
> minutes later, so I shall bow out of this thread.

I'm glad about that, because all you have contributed so far is bollox.


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From: The Medway Handyman on
mileburner wrote:
> "Peter Grange" <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8e3gh5lqapfmukpl2qje3t8lbcfscc1lna(a)4ax.com...
>>>
>>> How much is a tax disc for a push bike?
>>
>> Dunno, what's that?
>
> Maybe someone should start selling them.

They certainly should, then you sponging freeloaders would have to pay your
way.


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