Sign this Petition for a Reduction in Fuel Duty - NOW!

Save4ArainyDay

Please sign this petition to 10 Downing Street asking for a reduction in Fuel Duty


http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Lowerduty30/


At this time there are 36,436 signatures surely we at MSE can soon get this up past the million mark if we all sign and send the link to everyone in out address book?

moonrakerz

If these petitions did any good Jeremy Clarkson would be PM !

Andy_L

Which tax would you like increased to make up for the lost revenue? If you think the cut can be afforded by the Government spending less why should the savings be used fro fuel duty as opposed to, say, income tax or VAT

Hintza

We could be really novel here and cut government expenditure instead.

moonrakerz

Hintza wrote: »

We could be really novel here and cut government expenditure instead.

But the reason people voted for B liar in the first place was that they wanted more spent on the NHS; the Police; Education, Education, Education (remember that one ?); etc.

Huge sums were spent on them - to what effect ? I recently saw this largesse described as a "flash flood" - a tidal wave of money, practically all wasted and leaving devastation in its wake !

Save4ArainyDay

moonrakerz wrote: »

If these petitions did any good Jeremy Clarkson would be PM !

It is the apathy of people like you that keep this cr*p government in power

anewman

Save4ArainyDay wrote: »

It is the apathy of people like you that keep this cr*p government in power

You missed the point. Apathy about the 10 downing street petition site is fully justified, it's just an excuse for them to send a response telling everyone that they understand but there are no plans to reduce tax - or that the tax is justified due to environmental issues and congestion.

Browntoa

and the number of these petitions that have been successful is

ZERO

anewman

Browntoa wrote: »

and the number of these petitions that have been successful is

ZERO

Exactly, it's why I don't bother signing them anymore. I tried to make a petition about this fact but they rejected it as being not relevant to the petitions site. Surely in a democratic society, all the people signing those petitions aren't wrong...

tomstickland

Andy_L wrote: »

Which tax would you like increased to make up for the lost revenue? If you think the cut can be afforded by the Government spending less why should the savings be used fro fuel duty as opposed to, say, income tax or VAT

When the government set the last budget did they factor in an increase in fuel prices? I say this because their taxation income is proportional to the raw cost of fuel. Hence if fuel raw costs rise then the tax income rises to. Ergo they can reduce the taxation levels and retain the income that they originally expected.

tomstickland

Apparently there'sa new auto response email now.

"Thankyou for submitting your name to the petition. Since 23rd May 2008 we have decided that we need to listen to you. It's taken almost 10 years to decide that. Don't worry though, after listening we'll continue to ignore your opinion because we know what's best for you."