Back Dating Road Tax
What the hell is the UK coming to. Gordon Brown & Alistair Darling back dating the cars that will be eligible for the increased road tax band is completely out of order. Its is wiping hundreds if not thousands of pounds of the values of peoples cars. Again, Labour supposedly the party to represent the working man is hitting the working man the hardest with this new law. This law will effect the poorest people, not those people that can afford to buy a new car evey year or every 3 years.
There is no 2 ways about it. They are taking thousands of pounds out of peoples personal wealth with this new law. Applying the law on new vehicles would not be a problem.
But changing the rules after people have already invested their cash, is, in our opinion, completely and utterly unfair. If the rises in road tax were gradual it would be a bit easier to swallow, but in some cases the road tax is doubling or more on some vehicles.
To put it in a metaphorical perspective. What would you do if your monthly line rental on your mobile phone doubled. You would go to another provider. But with road tax, the government has got us over a barrel. What happened to democracy, with the government running the country for the people.
