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Subject: Sounds like a well-informed electorate to me. n/t

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Date Posted: 14:13:01 09/05/07 Wed
In reply to: Larry 's message, "Public 'wary of green tax motives'" on 03:14:29 09/04/07 Tue

>looks like the green movement is going to hit a
>stopping point. every one is learning its heavy taxes
>for little gain.
>
>Nearly two-thirds of the public believe ministers are
>using environmental fears as an excuse to raise tax
>revenue, according to a poll.
>
>And research suggests their cynicism is justified -
>with green taxes raking in �10 billion more for the
>Treasury than it would cost to offset the entire UK's
>carbon footprint.
>
>The figures are contained in a dossier compiled by
>pressure group the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA).
>
>The document is likely to provide grim reading for
>politicians of all colours - including Prime Minister
>Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron - who are
>committed to making individuals pay for habits which
>damage the environment.
>
>A survey carried out by YouGov for the TPA found that
>only a fifth of people thought politicians were
>genuinely trying to change behaviours using the tax
>system. In contrast, 63% believed they were using the
>issue as an excuse to pull in more cash.
>
>Nearly four-fifths voiced opposition to the so-called
>"pay as you throw" schemes floated by the Government
>to encourage recycling - despite previous surveys
>indicating a majority backed the idea.
>
>Some 60% said fuel duty was an unfair tax, while 45%
>thought the same about air passenger duty - which was
>recently doubled by the Government.
>
>Opinion was evenly split over whether they approved in
>principle of extra "green" charges on motoring and air
>travel - with 46% saying they did not and 45% saying
>they did.
>
>Using previous international research into climate
>change, the report estimated that covering the social
>cost of carbon emissions would have cost �11.7 billion
>in 2005.
>
>But receipts from green taxes such as fuel duty, road
>tax and the Climate Change Levy totalled �21.9
>billion. On average every household in the UK paid
>�400 more in levies than it cost to cover their own
>footprint, the TPA claimed.
>
> >href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/ne
>ws/news.html?in_article_id=479514&in_page_id=1770">http
>://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.ht
>ml?in_article_id=479514&in_page_id=1770

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