Oh for fuck's sake

[andrewducker]

There's a BBC News story here saying that the government shouldn't put up petrol taxes...because theey'll hit the poor harder than the rich.

OF COURSE THEY WILL!!!!!

All taxes, except for ones that are (in some way) means-tested, hit the poor harder, because the poor have less money.

If the tax didn't affect people by making it harder to drive everywhere all the damn time, it would be a tad pointless, especially when this is something the government has said it's supposed to encourage.

Oh, the stupidity.

Comments

[ninox.livejournal.com]

Yup I agree with that. Cheshire is home of the great 4x4 driving nation where someone will pull out, drive 200 yards down the road and drop the kids off. I often find it amusing that despite the cry of diminishing accessible oil reserves and ever increasing fuel bills, people still opt for the large fuel guzzling 4x4s or american imports. I often chastise my parents for excessive used of vehicles. My mother in all honest should give the car up, but it would take more than a crowbar to part her.

I thought that there was a muffled cry within parliament to try and restore old community values to cut commuting and therefore cut the transport issues. I can't for the life of me see how this is achievable. Policies like this are the most difficult to reverse.

Luxury is strange concept. I appreciate I do live a life of luxury - I can afford to travel and visit friends, or eat whatever I choose when I choose without thinking about it. I am am not rich by local standards, but still comfortable. I will usually be the first to admit that it is something I take for granted. I suppose to much of the world the average working class brit is often equivalent to how we perceive the sheiks. Money - or what it has become today - I find a harder concept to come to terms with.

Dsytopian futures and promises of tomorrow. Technology begats technology. There have been huge developments within the last decade, it is difficult to pin point great break throughs after the silicon chip. It is strange to look around and see inventions documented in SF. I expect I will see many more in the future. Just think what it must be like to be Patrick Moore!