NM wrote:
Brimstone wrote:
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Brimstone wrote:
"NM" wrote in message
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Brimstone wrote:

Railborne freight receives no subsidy, unlike lorries.

Where exactly do I apply for my lorry subsidy?
It's provided automatically, without application.
In your mind perhaps, dream on, don't let reality get in the way.

You've obviously forgotton about the rate of VED on lorries when the
present government came into power and what it is now?

No I havn't, I just realise thet the total amount collected by ved and
fuel tax is more than three times the amount spent on the roads. If my
truck is being subsidised where are the funds coming from, because it
isn't central government?

How much VED and fuel duty is paid by HGVs as opposed to other classes
of vehicle? How much expenditure is down to the wear and tear caused by
HGVs as opposed to other classes of vehicle? I say the sooner we
privatise the whole lot of the trunk road network the better. We are
not a communist state, there should not be thousands of miles of highly
expensive trunk road built and maintained out of central government
funds (taxes are not hypothecated in the UK) with zero accountability.
Then the private owner can charge different classes of vehicle a toll as
appropriate to the cost to them to provide the service to that class of
vehicle.

Robin