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Old June 27th 07, 11:15 AM posted to uk.rec.driving,uk.transport,uk.transport.london
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Brimstone wrote:
NM wrote:
Brimstone wrote:

You've been shown, you're already getting it. Unlike other
industries, road haulage is so cossetted it doesn't even have to
apply for subsidy, it gets it without having to ask.


So in fact there is no evidence, merely your groundless opinion that
trucks don't pay their way.


Taxation on lorries in particular and road vehicles in general has been
significantly reduced in recent years. That's subsidy by any measure.


No, it merely means a reduced level of legalised extortion.

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