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Green taxes 'too high'
chewbacca on Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:31 am
Green taxes are far higher than is necessary to offset the cost of Britain's carbon emissions, a pressure group has claimed.
Households pay £19.6 billion a year too much in taxes on flights, fuel and their cars, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) said.
The total burden of green taxes and charges was £24.2 billion in 2007/08 - even though the social cost of the UK's entire output of greenhouse gases was £4.6 billion, according to estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Government estimates the cost of greenhouse gas emissions as £16.3 billion - which would mean green taxes are still £7.9 billion too high, the TPA said.
Well, well, well, now that's something we didn't all know isn't it.....I don't think
Get this ragbag of a Government out now. I am fed up with their lies and threats and extortionate taxes.
Households pay £19.6 billion a year too much in taxes on flights, fuel and their cars, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) said.
The total burden of green taxes and charges was £24.2 billion in 2007/08 - even though the social cost of the UK's entire output of greenhouse gases was £4.6 billion, according to estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Government estimates the cost of greenhouse gas emissions as £16.3 billion - which would mean green taxes are still £7.9 billion too high, the TPA said.
Well, well, well, now that's something we didn't all know isn't it.....I don't think
Get this ragbag of a Government out now. I am fed up with their lies and threats and extortionate taxes.
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