DaZZa wrote:
> That's a total of 9 billion, 354 million in FUEL tax.
>
> The total road expendature?
>
> For the 94/95 financial year - a grand total of 5 billion 707 million.
>
> {Source - http://www.dot.gov.au/land/road/roadfacts.htm - more recent
> figures are not available, however the trend will continue in an upwards
> direction}
Lies, Damm Lies and Statistics - and you believe the government when
it tells you how much it spends on anything. Hmm.
> Which, by the way, was exactly what I stated originally - that the
> majority of the taxes raised by fuel and road levies pay for things OTHER
> than roads.
Absolutely bullshit and just shows how you are being brainwashed by
the roads lobby. ALL THREE LEVELS of government in this country
provide and maintain roads. The cost figures you are talking about can
easily be trebled in true costs of providing and maintaining roads. Go
down to your local government entity and just look at how much goes on
roads.
Then we have the social cost that the roads lobby conveniently
ignores. Apart from the usual health issues.
........
> Well gee, looks like I've just gone out and proven you wrong yet again,
> Simon. Say I'm wrong all you like - but the _facts_ prove otherwise.
Lies, Damm Lies and Statitics - government figures are NOT facts.
The funny thing about this is, that the USA has enormous military
expenditure to ensure that US citizens have some of the most cheapest
petrol in the world. So many of their past military exploits are
better explained as as justification for cheap oil, than as
humanitarian, justice, etc.
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