Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have just watched the lunchtime news from the BBC. In addition to
> the existing tax on owning a car, and the huge tax on petrol, and the
> tax on driving into London, central government is now considering a
> proposal to fit every vehicle in UK with a bug that can be tracked by
> satellite, to enable them to tax all road use by the mile. (The same
> news bulletin included a piece on a proposal to tax fatty foods at
> 17.5%, for the good of our health.)
>
> This country has gone completely batty. Is there anywhere in the world
> where the ordinary pleasures of life - driving a car, smoking a
> cigarette, drinking the odd glass of wine, or eating a packet of crisps
> - are not seen as viciously anti-social behaviour, and are not subject
> to ridiculous legislation or swingeing taxation? I am informed by
> American friends that the US is rapidly turning into a police state in
> the aftermath of 9/11. Continental Europe is disappearing up its own
> digestive tract as far as intrusive legislation is concerned. What
> about Australia? New Zealand? Anywhere else? I've got to get out
> before it is too late...
>
> ATB
Mike,
I think the only place left is the Moon or Mars! Here in NYS (the land
of taxes) they even tax you when you make a deposit in the crapper! Its
called a sewer tax!
Bob Labuz
1958 TR3A
1974 T140V
1998 T-Bird
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