tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989113.post1947855067072887230..comments2024-03-28T09:13:47.565+00:00Comments on Junkk Male RE:View: Shi*s that passEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989113.post-43667508069889231392007-02-23T09:26:00.000+00:002007-02-23T09:26:00.000+00:00Thanks for the summary; I, like many others, misse...Thanks for the summary; I, like many others, missed it because of work commitments. And reading your interpretation of the answers is more fun that it would have been doing it live anyway.<BR/><BR/>There is one very key response from SL in there that needs a little more investigation.<BR/><BR/><B>Dr Stephen replies:</B> <I>We simply don't know because we haven't designed a system yet. But I am looking at ways we can ensure the cost doesn't fall on the motorist - for example the person who collects the charge from you may provide the equipment at their expense. As I've said fuel tax may affect the total amount of driving you do but not the time you do it. And of course taxes will be one of the things that will be reviewed as part of designing a scheme.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Let's just pull a key phrase out of that response - <I>'fuel tax may affect the total amount of driving you do but not the time you do it.'</I><BR/><BR/>When a Pol says 'may' he means 'will', so all Uncle Tone's guff about road charging replacing fuel tax is total bollocks then? <BR/><BR/>What he's saying is that they're introducing road charging but keeping fuel taxes in place too!!! Pay tax on your fuel and pay tax for using the road. Here's another idea for them - how about a tax on radios fitted in vehicles or perhaps a tax per seat in any car? Or maybe a tax per window? (I forgot, they already tried that one centuries ago) That might raise a few bob more for Gord's coffers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com