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Sod Off Musk, We Don't Want Your Influence Here In The Uk
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I also think motoring is too cheap, as TTT says if the benefit brigade can afford then up the prices.
As for the lower paid, if they need help with a vehicle then ok provide tokens but dustment and many other ssimilar actually do earn reasonable money so could afford it.
Of course if we upped the tax starting threshold to a good level they probably could afford it.
"What about an unemployed person who has a car then?"
If he is temporarily unemployed for a few weeks through no faul of his own and has not managed to save some "rainy day" money, then he should be given support, perhaps by way of a loan.
However there are many people who have never worked and never intend to. They can afford cars so either running a car is too cheap or they are receiving too much money - or a bit of both.
judge: "However there are many people who have never worked and never intend to. They can afford cars so either running a car is too cheap or they are receiving too much money - or a bit of both." - bang on, I don't know why some refuse to see that. Unemployed scroungers should not be able to run a car. The fact they can means running a car is too cheap, ain't rocket is it?
TTT, //on that basis we are already N tier, those that can afford a private jet and those that can't//
More wonky thinking. People buy what they can afford - and if they can afford a car they should be able to have one. Likewise a private plane. The point is no government should dictate what anyone does with his money. If a low earner wants to live on beans on toast and charity shop clothes so that he can afford a car, that should be his choice.
I do agree with you though that people who won't work should not receive an income equal to those who will. That removes the incentive to work.
As for Elon Musk (as interesting as this dicussion is, we seem to have veered well away from the OP here - sorry 'bout that, Canary), I wouldn't tell him to sod off. There's no doubt whatsoever that he's an incredibly successful man. He might just have some good advice for this hapless, useless government.
"Perhaps the "riff-raff" should be restricted to driving only on specific days of the week or only in one lane?"
Not quite.
Those who will not work when they can and work is available for them but who choose instead to rely on benefits for their income should not have sufficient funds to run a car.
So if they are what you mean by "riff-raff" they should not be driving in any lane on any day.
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