Effectively it does

Taxing motorists more than it costs the state to maintain roads etc- rightly - means that non-motorists get various services subsidised.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on June 2nd 2008 at 12:49:10

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unecessary trips (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Jun 2, 12:24:16
- The government should pay me for not owning a car (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 12:47:07
  - Have you got a licence pants? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 12:50:36
    - nah (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 12:51:02
  - Effectively it does (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 12:49:10
    - Doesn't help my health though, all those fumes in my face (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 12:50:43
      - Move to Sark (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:56:53
        
        Do they have internet connection on Sark? If not (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:01:33
        
        if they have telephones thay have internet connections (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 13:07:35
        
        Not if they are only mobiles. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:09:10
        
        If it's HSDPA, no problems (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 13:10:57
        
        I don't know what that means so I bet your run-o-t-mill (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:15:05
        
        I wanted to go when we've been Jersey (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 13:03:03
        
        I went to Lundy last year, thas noice (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:05:13
        
        I'd imagine Herm would be worse (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 13:02:52
        
        Having said that, Sark only started to change to democracy in 2007. Love this though: (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 13:04:51
        
        Thing is, he hadn't, at that point, been to Ipswich (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:04:36
      - Wear one of those surgical masks (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 2, 12:51:30
      - Well no. That's why they get taxed so heavily. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 12:51:11
        
        They'll tax breathing next (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 13:00:31
        
        They do already (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:05:38
        
        hang on, didn't you say just a few threads above (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 13:05:22
        
        l love the "pay less tax" brigade - (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:08:34
        
        I hate scum claiming social and sitting on their arses all day (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 13:14:31
        
        Can't blame them myself. If I had the chance to sit on my (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:17:34
        
        at least it's tax free (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 13:22:36
        
        Very true (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:47:34
        
        Don't think they all do that. Lots of them work in London (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:15:48
- The original point was that living in rural areas (General Chat) - Cannydc, Jun 2, 12:38:10
  - you choose to live in a rural area... (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 12:50:19
    - Of course ! I get it now !! (General Chat) - Cannydc, Jun 2, 13:26:16
      - no you don't (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 13:34:37
    - Exactly. When I were a lad we had to walk 13 miles just to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:57:36
      - Spose I'll have to get used to that, what with moving oop north:-( (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 12:59:35
    - and live in a slum or workhouse and die of TB before you're 50? (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 2, 12:52:46
      - that's the trade off (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 12:55:02
        
        You also get to send your kid to a shit inner city school (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 12:56:33
        
        except the chavs will be forced out by a process of gentrification (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 2, 13:02:44
        
        You mean "Yuppyfication" surely (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 13:06:17
  - "...If only there wasn't a paedo on every corner..." (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 12:48:44
    - I think (assume) that was his point.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 12:49:45
  - There are no more paedos and knife-wielding hoodies now than in (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 12:46:41
    - but they used to work in private schools and the church (General Chat) - phrankin, Jun 2, 12:54:21
    - Ahh those were the days.... (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 2, 12:52:41
      - and on the way home from the pub you could (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 12:54:08
    - I think that was his point. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 2, 12:47:13
- all exercise bikes in gyms should be wired to a generator (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 12:38:07
- and make all footballers cycle to training (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 12:31:22
  - A fine idea (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 2, 12:35:34
    - even better - they could have those little pull-along capsules at the back (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 12:39:23
      - Oh, yes, I do like that idea (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 2, 12:48:39
      - think you may have something there (General Chat) - raretek, Jun 2, 12:48:21
        
        How about introducing Sedan Chairs (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 2, 12:57:05
        
        Zidane Chairs ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 2, 13:01:26

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