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by *Sam* on Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:05 pm
outergods wrote:and £3 a tank is £150 a year for many. but it hasnt been 5p, its gone from 96 /98 p to 108.9 thats 10 -11 p per tank and thats around £8 a tank full. All good points above, and a Gvt with a real approach would be a refreshing change so maybe we should get the woodpacker party in. If carlsberg did politicians......... Matt
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by billy.mc on Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:42 pm
well i would like to point out that railways would just not work these days, over the years they have got rid of many lines just leaving the main routes them you have the problem of getting loads from the stations to the shops, esp when these days shoppers expect fresh foods on the shelfs of supermarkets 24 hrs a day, the avaerage supermarket gets 30 trucks a day pulling in just to keep the shop stocked enough x 5 major chains it would be impossible therefore it has to be left to trucks, and i think many dont realist that artics pay enough tax on average £4000 per year for a 40 ton truck compared to 180 for most cars, if all cars paid 4 grand tax then some points about fuel would be justified!!!!
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by madchef on Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:28 am
Good points but it confuses me,
With the big companies held to ransom by "shareholders" then less money can be spent on the services they provide and the biggest thing that I can't work out..
How many motors are there on the roads We pay tax on each one( to fund road building and repairs ), around 10% of council tax is for the same and also allegedly some of the fuel tax is for the same.
That seems to be a hell of a lot of cash to me.Where is it
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by Rich2.4i on Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:45 am
madchef wrote:That seems to be a hell of a lot of cash to me.Where is it
Well it is not spent on the roads around Hereford
unless you count the silly new road they are building at the moment that is going over the top of a ROTHERWAS RIBBON - which is a mysterious 4000 year old group of stones .
Or they may spend some money on throwing a bit of stone in the holes along the lanes where i work its normally a weekly thing and takes them aday or two then by the next week it needs to be done again
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by Red Oktober on Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:37 pm
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by madchef on Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:03 am
Is always a hot potato this one.Get told and pointed at all the time about " Gas Guzzler ",get a "puddle jumper.Fine unless the next time the coast road floods and your dinky toy gets stuck in the middle and you need pulling out!!
It's the "Chelsea Tractor " that give 4x4 bad press.
Maybe instead of the big things most government people drive round in they should get eco cars.
Going off topic so will shut up.
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