As any fule kno, when a government is strapped for cash they will perforce come up with new ideas for “tax revenue streams” (a.k.a. “innovative methods to steal money from the public”). Needless to say, they can’t just come out and say “we’re going to steal more of your money” because that might lead to public hangings…
…sorry, I went off to a warm and happy place there for a few moments.
Anyway, the theft has to be concealed beneath a maskirovka of some sort, and the best one (apart from “national interest”) is “public health”, which shouldn’t fool anybody but it does, repeatedly and regrettably.
Examples of this abound, the latest being that of Head Thief, U.K. Division — sorry, I meant Chancellor of the Exchequer — Rachel Reeves, who wants to tax (wait for it) milkshakes.
The Chancellor has drawn up plans to impose a sugar tax on milk and yoghurt-based beverages for the first time, after concluding that they are damaging public health.
The levy will drive prices up by as much as 24p per litre, with officials expecting 93 percent of drinks on the market to be affected unless they change their recipes.
I think the British public should express their rage profound disappointment at this proposal by reverting to an age-old mechanism:
But they won’t, because as long as it’s for people’s health, you see, it’s acceptable. (That sound you hear in the background is the bleating of sheep.)
these totalitarians stay up late at night scheming on new ways to fleece the taxpayer. These people are utterly insidious as well as anti liberty and anti freedom. They seek to make us all tax slaves to the almighty government.
More electric golf carts are on the road that don’t pay the gas tax. The gas tax is supposed to go to road, bridge, and mass transit repair and maintenance. Since gas revenues are down, the government is seeking new ways to tax people. Another factor coming into play that most won’t admit is that the battery powered golf carts can be heavier than gasoline powered cars so the glorified golf carts create more wear and tear on the infrastructure.
This is just more evidence that a Democrat with an agenda is far more dangerous than a lunatic with a gun
An easy way around that (gas tax) issue would be a mileage tax indexed to the weight of the vehicle. I doubt they’d get rid of the gas tax of course, though they should.
A warning to taxing authorities “You can fleece a sheep over and over but you can only skin him once”
Will there be a sudden “boom” in blender sales as Brits take to making their own milkshakes?
…to be followed by a tax on blenders because of their effect on the electricity grid.
When you expect the govt to pay for your health care, they get to make the rules. SIU