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In the UK Road Tax Fuel duty and VED exceed that spent on roads by 20+ Billion Pounds 15/16 FY
by walshemj 9y ago
In the UK Road Tax Fuel duty and VED exceed that spent on roads by 20+ Billion Pounds 15/16 FY
- sliverstorm 9y agoI guess I don't usually consider taxes to be profits, considering buses etc that do not generate enough in fares are also paid for with taxes.
- walshemj 9y agowe where talking about roads and most of the road traffic is cars, vans and lorries
- ch4s3 9y agook, non EU, non UK countries.
- 7952 9y agoFor many years fuel duty was set at a high level to discourage car use. Since then it has become a large amount of money that the government doesn't want to lose. But it is a bit ironic how it is treated as a source of revenue for road building in the public consciousness. It just doesn't seem to work very well at discouraging driving. People include fuel tax in a basket of other costs and factors they have to contend with.