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Posted by don (Calgary) on March 14, 2010, 8:02 pm
For as long as I have been politically aware, politicians have used
the tax system for their own personal pet projects. Often they will
use taxes to encourage a citizen to do or not to do something.
The recent discussion regarding the UK's road tax illustrated how
effectively UK politicians have used the tax system to direct people
to buy a certain type of vehicle. More interesting is how at least one
UK citizen has accepted his government manipulating his vehicle
purchasing options through the use of the tax system.
I'd like to think on this side of the pond we would see stiffer
resistance to a government blatantly imposing a tax, under the guise
of GW, to manipulate us into buying a certain class of vehicle.
Maybe I am wrong. Maybe we would accept such a tax without so much as
a whimper.
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Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on March 14, 2010, 8:36 pm
> For as long as I have been politically aware, politicians have used
> the tax system for their own personal pet projects. Often they will
> use taxes to encourage a citizen to do or not to do something.
> The recent discussion regarding the UK's road tax illustrated how
> effectively UK politicians have used the tax system to direct people
> to buy a certain type of vehicle. More interesting is how at least one
> UK citizen has accepted his government manipulating his vehicle
> purchasing options through the use of the tax system.
> I'd like to think on this side of the pond we would see stiffer
> resistance to a government blatantly imposing a tax, under the guise
> of GW, to manipulate us into buying a certain class of vehicle.
> Maybe I am wrong. Maybe we would accept such a tax without so much as
> a whimper.
In the U.S., the entire tax system is a social engineering experiment;
promoting hybrid gas/electric cars (when current diesel technology is
a much more efficient, cost-effective, and logical alternative),
individual home ownership (helping exacerbate the recent housing
bubble) employer-provided health insurance (removing point of purchase
cost pressure from routine medical care delivery). The list goes on
and on and on.
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Posted by don (Calgary) on March 14, 2010, 8:50 pm
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:36:35 -0700 (PDT), "tomorrow@erols.com"
>> For as long as I have been politically aware, politicians have used
>> the tax system for their own personal pet projects. Often they will
>> use taxes to encourage a citizen to do or not to do something.
>> The recent discussion regarding the UK's road tax illustrated how
>> effectively UK politicians have used the tax system to direct people
>> to buy a certain type of vehicle. More interesting is how at least one
>> UK citizen has accepted his government manipulating his vehicle
>> purchasing options through the use of the tax system.
>> I'd like to think on this side of the pond we would see stiffer
>> resistance to a government blatantly imposing a tax, under the guise
>> of GW, to manipulate us into buying a certain class of vehicle.
>> Maybe I am wrong. Maybe we would accept such a tax without so much as
>> a whimper.
>In the U.S., the entire tax system is a social engineering experiment;
>promoting hybrid gas/electric cars (when current diesel technology is
>a much more efficient, cost-effective, and logical alternative),
>individual home ownership (helping exacerbate the recent housing
>bubble) employer-provided health insurance (removing point of purchase
>cost pressure from routine medical care delivery). The list goes on
>and on and on.
Sad but true.
Personally I prefer less government. Let the market dictate which
vehicle offers the best value.
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Posted by Sean_Q_ on March 14, 2010, 10:20 pm
don (Calgary) wrote:
> Personally I prefer less government. Let the market dictate which
> vehicle offers the best value.
When I was looking for a Chrysler van there were several
motor options, one of them being Mitsubishi. Someone involved
spoke up and said "But those are Japanese."
My reply: "Those Mitsubishi engines worked just fine over Pearl Harbor."
SQ
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Posted by S'mee on March 14, 2010, 11:05 pm
> don (Calgary) wrote:
> > Personally I prefer less government. Let the market dictate which
> > vehicle offers the best value.
> When I was looking for a Chrysler van there were several
> motor options, one of them being Mitsubishi. Someone involved
> spoke up and said "But those are Japanese."
> My reply: "Those Mitsubishi engines worked just fine over Pearl Harbor."
And you were wrong to say so. Mitsubishi didn't make those
motors...but said motors were copies of Wright motors.
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> the tax system for their own personal pet projects. Often they will
> use taxes to encourage a citizen to do or not to do something.
> The recent discussion regarding the UK's road tax illustrated how
> effectively UK politicians have used the tax system to direct people
> to buy a certain type of vehicle. More interesting is how at least one
> UK citizen has accepted his government manipulating his vehicle
> purchasing options through the use of the tax system.
> I'd like to think on this side of the pond we would see stiffer
> resistance to a government blatantly imposing a tax, under the guise
> of GW, to manipulate us into buying a certain class of vehicle.
> Maybe I am wrong. Maybe we would accept such a tax without so much as
> a whimper.