Re: Gordon kept that quiet

dwb wrote
steve auvache wrote:

As I understand it: ultimately he wants to tax on a simple "the amount
you burn" basis so most of you lot won't notice anyway,

If that's the case, why isn't it added to the petrol? That would
acheive that instantly.

Listening to the debate after I got the impression that they are not
going for instant but they did send the message that upping the price
for excessive/unnecessary energy use was well up on the agenda and they
weren't afraid to make people pay for doing it.


A point agreed by everyone was that the small tinkering he was doing now
would have a guaranteed effects on the resale values of gas guzzling
fashion cages which would *** off the 4 bye crowd enough that they
might consider being proactively green at their company's next vehicle
purchase. Neat trick.



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