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.

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[andrewducker]

It will, of course, cause people to want to find places to live closer to their jobs (insofar as it is possible), demand better public transport from their local council, etc. Living far from your employment will be more of a luxury.

But those are all necessary changes if we're going to deal with global warming and the decline in oil.