Road Tax

[Deleted member 37751]

I only watch a couple of hours of TV every week... shouldn't the license fee by PAYG?

You've just proved my point; you pay one license fee irrespective of how many TV's you own!

 

[Deleted member 65149]

The issue is that the government is committed to reducing CO2 emissions, and adding the road tax to the price of fuel will not serve this purpose.

If people used their cars less, CO2 emissions would drop. Replacing VED with additional tax on fuel would possibly make people think a bit more about how much they used their cars. So CO2 levels would reduce. In the meantime massive amounts of energy (resulting in extra CO2 production) is being expended on manufacturing the lower CO2 emission cars. So is the total CO2 production really going down under the present system I wonder.

Why not have the vehicle purchase tax related to CO2 emissions (to encourage continued development and sales) and the VED scrapped in favour of extra fuel taxes (to encourage reduced use)?

 

[markjay]

You've just proved my point; you pay one license fee irrespective of how many TV's you own!

Sure, but how far do you go? PAYG NHS instead of paying for it though out taxes....?

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Sure, but how far do you go? PAYG NHS instead of paying for it though out taxes....?

Eh?

It's not pay as you go? Where have I ever said that?

It's car tax for each person as opposed to each car.

 

[cinek]

...how many TV's you own!

You have just given me an idea for a thread...Do you own your tv, or do you lease it?

 

[Deleted member 65149]

You have just given me an idea for a thread...Do you own your tv, or do you lease it?

Radiorentals used to rent/lease out TVs. I doubt if they still exist but I got the impression that they were very popular in their day! Not for me, but then neither is leasing a car.

 

[DSM10000]

Well you never own beer, you only rent it!