UK green tax


Sneaking taxes through the back door, justified with morals
This leaked as a secret program in the UK this morning. Emphasis added.

Secret plans for a multi-billion-pound package of stealth taxes on fuel, cars, air travel and consumer goods have been drawn up by the government to combat global warming.

The proposals, leaked to The Mail on Sunday, show that the Government is considering introducing a raft of hard-hitting 'eco-taxes' that will have a devastating effect on the cost of living.
Families with big cars could end up paying more than £1,000 a year extra in tax. And nearly every household in Britain will be hit in the pocket.

Most controversial of all, the documents reveal the Government is planning to grab billions of pounds of extra revenue from motorists - without telling them. It is considering introducing a special mechanism so that whenever oil prices go down, the Government would get the cash in extra fuel tax - not the motorist.

A leaked letter from Environment Secretary David Miliband to Chancellor Gordon Brown says the advantage of this is that the Government would gain billions of pounds 'without individual announcements on fuel-duty rises needing to be made'.

Now, where is the proof of human caused global warming? It's not there.

By this afternoon, the leak was confirmed. It reads more like a tax grab though. Somehow when taxes are used to promote a "moral purpose," morals don't improve. Take a look at this quote.

Mr Ainsworth said: “We want to know whether tax increases on activities which pollute will be offset by tax cuts on activities which don’t. Our aim is not to increase the tax burden on hard-working families.”

If the aim is not to increase the tax burden on hard-working families, then why on Earth are they trying to increase taxes?

Any tax plan that has to be secret and is "for your own good" is not good law.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - October 30, 2006 at 05:32 PM  Tag


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