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Fuel protest is back
lambert:
But for the fact that a tree hugging hippie who has a diet mostly comprising of lentils and cabbage will produce more green house gas from their rs than my car does. :twisted: :D
littlepow:
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In Calgary:
From Acadia to Downtown (8 miles)
Drive, $2/3 of fuel. $10 of parking assuming I find a spot/reserve one.
Train/Bus, 2 min walk, $2 for all day travel anywhere, bus gets in 2 mins before train leaves, train right to downtown about 1 block from where I worked. Busses and trains run at sensible times.
Alberta has NO GST (about half of our VAT bill here gone)
Taxes are lower than here in terms of income tax
No NI, although you do have healthcare but thats still half of NI
This scene is repeated all over the world. Seattle, Vancouver, NYC, San-Fran, etc all the same sort of setup.
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But America and Canada don't provide the same level of free health care. Health insurances don't cover major long term illness, so families pick up the tab.
This is there pay off for the lower taxes.
--- Quote from: "Bigbluemaverick" ---There is a way to avoid this. Abandon road fund licence. That way we get a tax break and they still get more money out of them as use more fuel. Much fairer.
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Ok you scrap a tax revenue, so what services are you going to cut to cover the losses, or what are you going to tax more?
At the end of the day, do you want to pay a £1 a litre for fuel to use a luxury (which is what cars are) or £60 to see a doctor every time your ill and be charged the full costs of the medications and vaccinations?
cardiff_gareth:
I work in an area where no public transport goes to so I HAVE to use my Disco every day.
fudge:
--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---At the end of the day, do you want to pay a £1 a litre for fuel to use a luxury (which is what cars are) or £60 to see a doctor every time your ill and be charged the full costs of the medications and vaccinations?
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Not all cars are luxuries...... but your point is valid!
littlepow:
--- Quote from: "cardiff_gareth" ---I work in an area where no public transport goes to so I HAVE to use my Disco every day.
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But there are exceptions, unfortunately they will always suffer for it. But fo rthe majority, how many use the car for convenience rather than cycle or walk?
I live in an area with no public transport, but I don't use my car everyweek. I have never really used motorised vehicles to get round unless the distance is to great. Would rather walk or cycle, but that just might be me being a tight Yorkshireman.
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