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[Everyone] Car Tax Petition
Has anybody else seen this? I have to admit, it's a very sneaky way of applying democracy!
For all those car owners....
Sarah Kennedy was on about this proposed car tax scheme on the radio.
Apparently there is only one month left to register your objection to the 'Pay as you go' road tax.
The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it.
Therefore at the time of Sarah's comments only 250,000 people had signed it so far and 750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it.
This is legit... from the 10 Downing Street's website.
Once you've given your details (you don't have to give your full address, just house number and postcode will do), they will send you an email with a link in it. Once you click on that link, you'll have signed the petition.
Democracy in action?
The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC, the lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist and £194 for a delivery driver. A non working mother who used the car to take the kids to school paid £86 in one month.
On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will know where you are at all times. They will also know how fast you have been going, so even if you accidentally creep over a speed limit in time you can probably expect a Notice of Intended Prosecution with your monthly bill.
If you care about our freedom and stopping the constant bashing of the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website (link below) and pass this on to as many people as possible.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
If you have not looked at this, spare a wee moment. Gordon (that is brown not Gin) is searching for new ways to hose our money down various black holes.
For all those car owners....
Sarah Kennedy was on about this proposed car tax scheme on the radio.
Apparently there is only one month left to register your objection to the 'Pay as you go' road tax.
The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it.
Therefore at the time of Sarah's comments only 250,000 people had signed it so far and 750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it.
This is legit... from the 10 Downing Street's website.
Once you've given your details (you don't have to give your full address, just house number and postcode will do), they will send you an email with a link in it. Once you click on that link, you'll have signed the petition.
Democracy in action?
The government's proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it. The tracking device will cost about £200 and in a recent study by the BBC, the lowest monthly bill was £28 for a rural florist and £194 for a delivery driver. A non working mother who used the car to take the kids to school paid £86 in one month.
On top of this massive increase in tax, you will be tracked. Somebody will know where you are at all times. They will also know how fast you have been going, so even if you accidentally creep over a speed limit in time you can probably expect a Notice of Intended Prosecution with your monthly bill.
If you care about our freedom and stopping the constant bashing of the car driver, please sign the petition on No 10's new website (link below) and pass this on to as many people as possible.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/
If you have not looked at this, spare a wee moment. Gordon (that is brown not Gin) is searching for new ways to hose our money down various black holes.
:rotfl: :rotfl:
How things can change overnight -
February 06 - With self control I will be debt free in three years (apart from my mortgage!)
Total - £25,000 :eek: Estimated Debt-Free date - January 2009 :j :rotfl:
July 06 - Made redundant and given early retirement
Total - £0 and replaced the car.
Now looking for a job to top-up the pension. :T
How things can change overnight -
February 06 - With self control I will be debt free in three years (apart from my mortgage!)
Total - £25,000 :eek: Estimated Debt-Free date - January 2009 :j :rotfl:
July 06 - Made redundant and given early retirement
Total - £0 and replaced the car.
Now looking for a job to top-up the pension. :T
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Yes, its on the 1st page of this forum at least 3 times.0
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The petitioning side of the website is a beta test at the moment. They haven't told anybody about this, nor the petition to get Tony Blair to spend more time standing on his head and juggling ice cream.The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it.
Therefore at the time of Sarah's comments only 250,000 people had signed it so far and 750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it.
I'm not kidding. It's there.
It's a site for members of the public to put up a petition, and has as much chance of influencing things as two hummingbirds have of working out a quadratic equation using nothing but hammocks.
There's zero truth in the claim that, should 750,000 people sign the petition, it won't become law. Although, on the off chance that there is an arbitrary figure imposed with no legislation whatsoever, I urge everybody to sign the standing-on head-juggling ice-cream petition.0 -
You know what? I didn't think people were so naive until I came on this site.Vedra Nativa0
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