Those of us paying money for cars over the last 50 years have little sympathy for the end of tax breaks we have never had benefit from
But it's helping save the planet ?!Those of us paying money for cars over the last 50 years have little sympathy for the end of tax breaks we have never had benefit from
Ha-ha!
It wasn't possible with mine.
Therein lies the problem: if our tax money was put to good use, I and many others wouldn't mind paying it.
Spot on, albeit I think the BIK incentives are a good thing and given the s***-show of tax increases and BS we have to put up with as business owners nowadays, they seem like they are fair and also of a 'time'. I also will add that those who have managed to own a home at a cost reasonable to their wages is also a similar kind of thing, given those homes are now worth silly money. But I honestly am only saying this with a wink and a nod because really it's all BS.
They are already, in effect.
Many privacy issues with the government suddenly getting access to all your location history. This is a primary issue why my state in the US did not manage to tax cars per mile driven. They already tax EV's for an equivalent gas tax for an average ICE car driving of 12,000 miles per year (though they sneaked that in by adding a $10 a year EV tax on a ballot, then increasing it the following year to full value as they do not need voter approval to increase taxes, only to add taxes). I personally agree with the privacy issues using trackers btw, even though I believe mileage based taxes for all cars would be fair IMO (perhaps also based on car weight). Then again, after the local activists decided EV's are rich people's toys, they actually proposed a $0.25 per mile EV only tax, which luckily didn't pass as they had no way to enforce. Should it ever pass, adjusted for inflation, it will make it worth while to drive ICE cars again and I might have to sell my Taycan to some other state which doesn't penalize EV's, then get me a 1000hp+ ICE. Our Department Of Transportation already stated years ago what Washington state is one of the cleanest air states, therefore we have no pollution problem, making EV's a solution without a problem for Washington state (this was in response to why they don't want to incentivize EV's by granting them HOV lane access like in other states).
Interesting.
Agree. Imagine the tax receipts and boom to the economy if corp tax was 10%, income tax 10% and VAT 10%.Spot on, albeit I think the BIK incentives are a good thing and given the s***-show of tax increases and BS we have to put up with as business owners nowadays, they seem like they are fair and also of a 'time'. I also will add that those who have managed to own a home at a cost reasonable to their wages is also a similar kind of thing, given those homes are now worth silly money. But I honestly am only saying this with a wink and a nod because really it's all BS.
Agree on the tax. Lower the taxes to a low level, make every single company pay them and you'd earn a lot more tax. Stop taxing low wages, stop the rest of the ridiculous rubbish that goes on in Whitehall and get back to governing the country in the interests of the people that live in the country, not just a well heeled few. And admit that taxes are basically a way to ensure people live in fear and keep the rich, richer
Back to the original point. I think it was inevitable to add tax, but it really should be a wider view on your carbon consumption. It would also be nice to see some actual attempt to clean up the human races habits, but just will not happen because: profit.
As you say: we'll be a blink of the earth's eye and will work our way out of existence at some point, which is a very small dot of time relative to the timeline of the planet.
A bit deep for a Monday for me. I need to have a lie down, expect y'know...work
Thats the real problem, population growth.
