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"Fred Stone" |
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03 Sep 2007 03:53:10 PM |
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Global Warming Just An Excuse To Raise Taxes |
Public 'wary of green tax motives'
Last updated at 02:10am on 3rd September 2007
Nearly two-thirds of the public believe ministers are using environmental
fears as an excuse to raise tax revenue, according to a poll.
And research suggests their cynicism is justified - with green taxes raking
in £10 billion more for the Treasury than it would cost to offset the
entire UK's carbon footprint.
The figures are contained in a dossier compiled by pressure group the
TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA).
The document is likely to provide grim reading for politicians of all
colours - including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David
Cameron - who are committed to making individuals pay for habits which
damage the environment...
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Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"To abjure violence it is necessary to have no experience of it.” - George
Orwell
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| User: "Medusa" |
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| Title: Re: Global Warming Just An Excuse To Raise Taxes |
03 Sep 2007 05:21:57 PM |
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On Sep 3, 3:53 pm, Fred Stone <fston...@earthling.com> wrote:
Public 'wary of green tax motives'
Last updated at 02:10am on 3rd September 2007
Nearly two-thirds of the public believe ministers are using environmental
fears as an excuse to raise tax revenue, according to a poll.
And research suggests their cynicism is justified - with green taxes raki=
ng
in =A310 billion more for the Treasury than it would cost to offset the
entire UK's carbon footprint.
This is the biggest piece of crap I have seen for weeks.
The "public" must be more duped and stupid than I thought, if this
poll is correct.
Medusa
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| User: "Nosterill" |
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| Title: Re: Global Warming Just An Excuse To Raise Taxes |
04 Sep 2007 02:50:39 AM |
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On Sep 3, 11:21 pm, Medusa <Medusa4...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Sep 3, 3:53 pm, Fred Stone <fston...@earthling.com> wrote:
Public 'wary of green tax motives'
Last updated at 02:10am on 3rd September 2007
Nearly two-thirds of the public believe ministers are using environment=
al
fears as an excuse to raise tax revenue, according to a poll.
And research suggests their cynicism is justified - with green taxes ra=
king
in =A310 billion more for the Treasury than it would cost to offset the
entire UK's carbon footprint.
This is the biggest piece of crap I have seen for weeks.
The "public" must be more duped and stupid than I thought, if this
poll is correct.
Medusa
Up to a point this is true. It doesn't neccessarily mean that the
public are sceptical about the reality of environmental problems.
A while ago, Gordon Brown doubled taxes on airflights and announced it
as a change to benefit the environment. If that had been it's only
purpose, he would have made a matching reduction in some other area of
taxation which had no negative environmental issues: He didn't.
The increase in tax probably was intended to discourage air traffic
and as such was a legitimate environmental move but, at the same time,
he managed to increase treasury revenues without having to announce it
as a tax increase. Politicians will always find a way to take
advantage of matters of public concern but that doesn't mean that
there isn't a real issue.
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| User: "Eris" |
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| Title: Re: Global Warming Just An Excuse To Raise Taxes |
03 Sep 2007 07:45:10 PM |
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On Sep 3, 4:53 pm, Fred Stone <fston...@earthling.com> wrote:
Public 'wary of green tax motives'
Last updated at 02:10am on 3rd September 2007
Nearly two-thirds of the public believe ministers are using environmental
fears as an excuse to raise tax revenue, according to a poll.
And research suggests their cynicism is justified - with green taxes raki=
ng
in =A310 billion more for the Treasury than it would cost to offset the
entire UK's carbon footprint.
The figures are contained in a dossier compiled by pressure group the
TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA).
The document is likely to provide grim reading for politicians of all
colours - including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David
Cameron - who are committed to making individuals pay for habits which
damage the environment...
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"To abjure violence it is necessary to have no experience of it." - George
Orwell
Iraq war just an excuse to raise taxes?
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| User: "Hatter" |
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| Title: Re: Global Warming Just An Excuse To Raise Taxes |
04 Sep 2007 07:38:07 AM |
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On Sep 3, 8:45 pm, Eris <vith...@gmail.com> wrote:
Iraq war just an excuse to raise taxes?- Hide quoted text -
An exuse to raise taxes?, no an excuse to run up the debt to let some
other generation raise taxes after the current robber barons have made
their billions.
Hatter
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