Posted Mon, 26/10/2009 - 12:52
Tax News - Monday 26th October 2009
UK government to issue damning green taxation report |
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Monday 26th October 2009
The UK government will this week issue a report on green taxes in the future which will make frightening reading for many consumers and businesses in the UK. All in all the report, which was commissioned by the government, suggest that UK businesses and households up and down the country should pay an additional £150 billion in "green taxes" over the next decade. In a nightmare scenario, we could see petrol rise to two pounds a litre, tax on family cars increase from £300 to £3000 by 2020 as well as various other green tax and recycling taxes which are already in the pipeline. The report also confirmed that green taxes currently make up 7% of the government's tax take at the moment which is a damning indictment when you consider the UK government still wants more from the UK population! As we have mentioned on a number of occasions, how is it that green taxes are always lead to increased taxes and UK businesses and consumers are expected to take the hit? The Conservative party has promised to change the strategy on green taxes in the future, assuming the party is successful at the next election, using the carrot rather than the stick approach. However, whether this will actually materialise is very much open to debate.
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by Anonymous - 28 Oct 2009 - 06:43
First of all carbon dioxide is not pollution and water vapour is the main greenhouse gas. Secondly fossil records show that carbon dioxide does not cause global warming and in the past CO2 levels were 20 times higher and the climate was cooler.
The ice in the antarctic has increased by 70% ice shelfs grow and break off naturally. The corrupt mainstream media of course focus on the breaking off ice shelves and do not show the massive increases in ice overall.
Basically this tax is a scam. If there was such a thing as man made global warming then increasing taxes and plunging the masses into poverty might make perfect sense as poor people in countries such as India have a much smaller environmental impact. Nevertheless the government's policy is to make the masses poorer regardless.
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