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Car tax
"the majority of motorists will benefit or pay no more in vehicle excise duty as a result"
Another clumsy lie he hoped no-one would notice. Does Gordon Brown lie more than other politicians or is he just worse at doing it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7498884 .stm
Another clumsy lie he hoped no-one would notice. Does Gordon Brown lie more than other politicians or is he just worse at doing it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7498884 .stm
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Based on the figures in the BBC news item, 43% will pay more tax and 18% will pay less.
By my calculation, that leaves 39% who will pay the same.
18% + 39% = 57% will benefit or pay no more, would seem a truthful statement from Gordon Brown.
However it is equally correct to say that that 82% will be worse off or pay no more.
Lies, damn lies and statistics.
By my calculation, that leaves 39% who will pay the same.
18% + 39% = 57% will benefit or pay no more, would seem a truthful statement from Gordon Brown.
However it is equally correct to say that that 82% will be worse off or pay no more.
Lies, damn lies and statistics.
This is from the Telegraph, May 2008.
Figures compiled by the AA show that the average motorist pays more than �1,800 annually in fuel duty, car tax, VAT on petrol and other levies � an increase of more than 50 per cent in little more than a decade. .while Treasury revenue from motorists is nearing �50 billion, the total spending on roads is less than �8 billion.
In addition, the environmental costs associated with motoring are estimated at less than �6 billion by the Government � suggesting that drivers are funding public spending with no connection to motoring or its effects.
Of course, unless those who own more than a small car, get rid of their vehicles, which many can't afford to do, the cost of motoring will now increase substantially.
It's my understanding that these new charges are being implemented under the 'Green' banner, but is this money really going to go towards improving the environment? We had an extra �10 in tax added to the cost of flights not so long ago, again under the 'Green' banner, but where is that money actually going? Into the government coffers, that's where, to be frittered away just as so much has been frittered away.
This government's aim is to get blood out of a stone - and it's succeeding. It's bleeding the people of this country dry with its constantly rising taxes - and now it's doing it under false pretences. So yes, Gordon Brown is a liar - and his cronies with him.
Figures compiled by the AA show that the average motorist pays more than �1,800 annually in fuel duty, car tax, VAT on petrol and other levies � an increase of more than 50 per cent in little more than a decade. .while Treasury revenue from motorists is nearing �50 billion, the total spending on roads is less than �8 billion.
In addition, the environmental costs associated with motoring are estimated at less than �6 billion by the Government � suggesting that drivers are funding public spending with no connection to motoring or its effects.
Of course, unless those who own more than a small car, get rid of their vehicles, which many can't afford to do, the cost of motoring will now increase substantially.
It's my understanding that these new charges are being implemented under the 'Green' banner, but is this money really going to go towards improving the environment? We had an extra �10 in tax added to the cost of flights not so long ago, again under the 'Green' banner, but where is that money actually going? Into the government coffers, that's where, to be frittered away just as so much has been frittered away.
This government's aim is to get blood out of a stone - and it's succeeding. It's bleeding the people of this country dry with its constantly rising taxes - and now it's doing it under false pretences. So yes, Gordon Brown is a liar - and his cronies with him.
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