Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Does anyone not think this is a good idea?

 

[bhaexpress]

Does anyone not think this is a good idea?

Don't 'Gas Guzzlers' pay enough tax already ?

 

[cardboard]

Great idea - get those Chelsea tractors off the road

 

[Brovion]

Re: Re: Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

Don't 'Gas Guzzlers' pay enough tax already ?

No. People with 'gas guzzlers' can afford the petrol, it wouldn't matter to your average Chelsea Tractor driver if petrol was £1 or £3 a litre. As taxation should be linked to your ability to pay I think it's right that we try and get the rich bastards to pay a bit more without always putting the tax on fuel. (No offence Starry!)

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Yes it's a good idea. Can we also tax bmw drivers aswell to discourage them?

 

[bhaexpress]

Re: Re: Re: Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

No. People with 'gas guzzlers' can afford the petrol, it wouldn't matter to your average Chelsea Tractor driver if petrol was £1 or £3 a litre. As taxation should be linked to your ability to pay I think it's right that we try and get the rich bastards to pay a bit more without always putting the tax on fuel. (No offence Starry!)

I see, and if they decide to buy a Prius how do we make up the shortfall in revenue ? Not everybody drives a FWD for show you know.

I know, let's tax horse riders and cyclists too.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

I know, let's tax horse riders and cyclists too.

Horse riders - Yes
Cyclists - no

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

yes. because clearly they buy big cars because of small WILLYS.

 

[Brovion]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

... I know, let's tax horse riders and cyclists too.

Yes! Once, as you say, people aren't using so much fuel the gov't will probably have to look at other ways of rasing revenue - so they should tax everything that uses the public road network.

 

[bhaexpress]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

Yes! Once, as you say, people aren't using so much fuel the gov't will probably have to look at other ways of rasing revenue - so they should tax everything that uses the public road network.

Rather self defeating that. As it is joking aside I do feel that cyclists and horse riders should have third party insurance, and there should be some sort of levy on cycle messengers to make them pay for the number of traffic offenses they commit daily.

 

[Gritt23]

Higer taxes? Blimey what are they taxing us for now, I don't even know if my car as got a higer.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Re: Re: Re: Higer taxes on gas guzzlers

No. People with 'gas guzzlers' can afford the petrol, it wouldn't matter to your average Chelsea Tractor driver if petrol was £1 or £3 a litre. As taxation should be linked to your ability to pay I think it's right that we try and get the rich bastards to pay a bit more without always putting the tax on fuel. (No offence Starry!)

But this sort of argument was put forward in opposition to the hugely successful congestion charge in London - "oh, they'll just pay it anyway, won't solve anything" - until, six months after it had been introduced, the charge had been so successful about pushing people onto (not under) buses, it was actually bringing in less revenue than they'd expected it to.

 

[Race]

yes. because clearly they buy big cars because of small WILLYS.

I dont have a WILLY though

 

[Gritt23]

I dont have a WILLY though

Guy, you back from training already?

 

[Race]

Guy, you back from training already?

No, he's got a WILLY, well he did the last time I looked..........

 

[Gritt23]

No, he's got a WILLY, well he did the last time I looked..........

I heard that that it's a close call on cold days.

 

[Curious Orange]

No, he's got a WILLY, well he did the last time I looked..........

You don't sound too sure Race.

 

[Race]

You don't sound too sure Race.

It was a long time ago!

 

[The Large One]

I dont have a WILLY though

You have. I've seen it.

 

[Race]

You have. I've seen it.

You wish