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From: Conor on 15 Dec 2009 04:51 In article <dhudi5lgk5gp2b1q99pa6f5fio16ibosfh(a)4ax.com>, Phil W Lee says... > So you'll be supporting moves to raise motoring taxes to a level that > accurately reflects the costs to the taxpayer of providing the > facilities they make necessary then? > So when do they drop 87.5% then? > That way, the costs to the general taxpayer of providing motoring > facilities would be zero, and the excess general tax could be > redirected to providing far better cycling facilities, as well as > enabling a massive reduction in general taxation. It already is zero. Taxation from motor vehicles is eight times that which is spent on the facilities. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 15 Dec 2009 04:53 In article <q4mei59akbtu18cbavblv4nu1tsuhh463h(a)4ax.com>, Peter Grange says... > So, let's get this straight. You say a motorist who payed more vat on > a car than a cyclist payed on his bike (which is true in most, but not > all, cases) has more right to use the road, even if they both paid > zero VED, but someone who paid more vat on his yacht than the motorist > paid on his car has no more right to use the road? > BWAHAHAHA...someone who has to resort to the argument of the right to use a boat on a road has well and truly lost the argument. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Adrian on 15 Dec 2009 05:02 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > At least when you buy a Rolls Royce, you can see what your money has > got you compared to a Citroen 2CV. There's a reasonable selection of Shadows, Spirits and Mulsannes on Autotrader for less than I'd expect a good 2cv to go for.
From: Adrian on 15 Dec 2009 05:03 Peter Grange <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > You really have no idea do you. I would no more ride a £100 bike than > you would use a Trabant van to run your business. Try and stay on the > same planet. <waves> I'd happily use a Trabi van for business purposes. It'd be a fantasticly good advert.
From: Peter Grange on 15 Dec 2009 05:23
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:50:30 -0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >In article <a6kei5d4a3v84o0cvc6acm83jacqmt9b46(a)4ax.com>, Peter Grange >says... > >> The ones they sell there perhaps. Few of the regular cyclist posters >> here would ride such things. > >No, they're too stupid for that. They pay �3000 for something that does >the same thing and no better. At least when you buy a Rolls Royce, you >can see what your money has got you compared to a Citroen 2CV. And you would know I suppose. |