Who gets angry with stealth taxes ?

[bogeyman]

Thought you had farked off to Canada?

End of month.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Oh come on !!! Of course they are. Some politicians have even admitted it. They are a means of extracting further funds from the hard-pressed driver.

It isn't compulsary or unavoidable - and it's hardly disctetionary spending. Speeding's illegal - break law, pay fine - what part of that's a tax?

[Cyberman]

It isn't compulsary or unavoidable - and it's hardly disctetionary spending. Speeding's illegal - break law, pay fine - what part of that's a tax?

It does not make the roads any safer so is totally unnecessary but the cameras will not be removed because they make so much money. Thus it is a tax.

[b0redom]

Don't speed, the cameras don't make any money, but still require upkeep, so are scrapped.

As everyone is now driving slower, there are less accidents so lower insurance premiums, less emissions so the atmosphere is nicer, and lower NHS costs, leading to better quality of life for everyone.

As an added bonus you get 100% 'speeding' tax relief.

*boomed*

etc.

[Cyberman]

Don't speed, the cameras don't make any money, but still require upkeep, so are scrapped.

As everyone is now driving slower, there are less accidents so lower insurance premiums, less emissions so the atmosphere is nicer, and lower NHS costs, leading to better quality of life for everyone.

As an added bonus you get 100% 'speeding' tax relief.

*boomed*

etc.

The bottom line is that less speeding taxes mean that the funds now need to come from somewhere else to feed the New Lie spending machine. Cue more stealth taxes......

[MrMark]

I fear Stealth Taxes will keep being introduced by the next Tory government too. They'll need the money to pay that allowance to "hard-working" married couples they've promised, and to reduce inheritance tax for those lucky enough to be born to land-owners. Let's hope they don't promise "not to double VAT" again!

[Diver]

I have a bigger problem with people using the phrase "Stealth tax" than the actual tax itself.

Hmmm! GovTroll.con

[OwlHoot]

Yet more evidence of HMG stealth taxes this morning on Talksport :


A plastic driving licence has to be renewed by the expiry date on the licence at 17.50 pounds every few years ..

Sorry Cyberman, but when will people ever learn that these days *nothing* of any consequence is decided by the UK Government. From Gordon Brown downward, they've become a bunch of completely pointless clerks and placemen.

For example, the driving licence renewals are a result of EU plans, detailed in this scary document, on page 5:

EU laws on driving licences have been harmonised so that licences have to be renewed initially every 10 years with the option for every five years - in the UK a driving licence is held from passing the test until the age of 70 (when it can be renewed with a doctor's letter). Renewing the licence every 10 years will mean the "chip" and the data on it can be updated and adapted.

The same thing applies to road pricing. Despite the resounding "no" indicated by the survey, public opinion counts for nothing when set against EU plans to monitor and record every journey people make. So road "pricing" is duly back on the agenda.

[Cyberman]

Sorry Cyberman, but when will people ever learn that these days *nothing* of any consequence is decided by the UK Government. From Gordon Brown downward, they've become a bunch of completely pointless clerks and placemen.

For example, the driving licence renewals are a result of EU plans, detailed in this scary document, on page 5:



The same thing applies to road pricing. Despite the resounding "no" indicated by the survey, public opinion counts for nothing when set against EU plans to monitor and record every journey people make. So road "pricing" is duly back on the agenda.

Fair enough, BUT the decision to charge and what to charge is down to our bureaucrats who are employed by HMG. Good try, but New Lie cannot escape responsibility for decisions regarding these charges and of course they welcome any source of new revenue to feed the burgeoning black hole.

[Cyberman]

I fear Stealth Taxes will keep being introduced by the next Tory government too. They'll need the money to pay that allowance to "hard-working" married couples they've promised, and to reduce inheritance tax for those lucky enough to be born to land-owners. Let's hope they don't promise "not to double VAT" again!

Taxes will rise under the Tories because of Gordon Brown's current scorched earth policies of spending to win votes with total disregard to revenues to match, even though we have probably the highest taxes in western Europe.

Thus the national debt will probably rise by 100 Billion over the next year. That is truly scandalous.