May 14th 16, 08:20 AM
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Converting Railways To Roads
On 13/05/2016 18:05, Robin9 wrote:
Roland Perry;155705 Wrote:
In message , at 13:06:58 on Fri, 13 May
2016, d remarked:
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I doubt roads pay their way either even after road and fuel tax have
been
taken into account. The M25 widening alone is costing over £100 million
a year.-
Fuel Duty alone is 28 billion, and that doesn't include the 5.6bn VAT on
duty. VED is another (roughly) £6bn.
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Roland Perry
Plus the VAT on spare parts and service charges, plus the
surcharge on insurance premiums which George Osborne
increased to 9%.
Why not include the VAT on the vehicle itself? If we didn't have roads,
people wouldn't buy cars....
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