From: curiosity 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: House prices could crash
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:12:09 +0200

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:10:29 +0200, curiosity  wrote:

>On 6 Aug 2004 09:19:29 -0700, aris@my-deja.com (aris) wrote:
>
>>So, if fuel was free, you'd only have to pay 50p tax, and vat on that
>>which comes to 58.75p
>>
>>Quite honestly, the government should just have a flat tax on fuel and
>>scrap the VAT.  
>
>If he decided then to charge a flat rate of 58.5 p tax and scrap the VAT, would
>you stop whingeing?
sorry!! ..58.75p
>
>>VAT on fuel means that when the international oil
>>price goes up, the fuel price goes up more than it should - i'm sure
>>Gordon Brown laughs all the way to the bank.
>
>I don't think Gordon spends a great deal of time laughing frankly.  He's not in
>it for the profit.  Would you prefer to see less public spending or more tax
>elsewhere?  Give us your formula for a happy economy.