September 20, 2003

Priced Off the Road

Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced that more tax is to be added to the cost of petrol. Even though 80% of the purchase price already goes in the Government's coffers, another 5p (7.5¢) per gallon is being added.

This is another example of how this Government really doesn't care what the governed think. We already pay more for fuel that any other country in Europe except the Germans. (And really, who gives a toss what the Germans pay?) The average price of petrol is over 2½ times of the price in the US.

But there is more about this than money. It is also another attempt by the occupants of ministerial Daimlers to force more drivers off the roads.

Posted by david at September 20, 2003 05:37 PM | TrackBack
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