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Minerva suggests hitting motorists in the pocketbook to cure the fuel
crisis. Unfortunately, that's precisely what's caused the crisis in the
first place. In England nearly 80% of the cost of fuel is from the
outrageously high taxes. In America it's bad enough at 28%, but you Brits
really take it on the chin -- or in the pocket. It has been calculated
that if taxes were removed from gasoline in England, the price of fuel
would be the same as it is now in the US. And what exactly do you get in
return for these high taxes? Nothing worth the money that's taken.
The motorists' rebellion has correctly targeted the real culprit in
the fuel crisis: not the Arabs, but the Western governments and usurious
taxes.
Lower taxes, not slower driving, will cure the fuel crisis.
Minerva suggests hitting motorists in the pocketbook to cure the fuel
crisis. Unfortunately, that's precisely what's caused the crisis in the
first place. In England nearly 80% of the cost of fuel is from the
outrageously high taxes. In America it's bad enough at 28%, but you Brits
really take it on the chin -- or in the pocket. It has been calculated
that if taxes were removed from gasoline in England, the price of fuel
would be the same as it is now in the US. And what exactly do you get in
return for these high taxes? Nothing worth the money that's taken.
The motorists' rebellion has correctly targeted the real culprit in
the fuel crisis: not the Arabs, but the Western governments and usurious
taxes.
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