"In the UK at the moment we have just almost (but within a month will have) hit £6.00 per gallon. Six pounds. That’s roughly three times what you are all moaning about."
That's like comparing apples and oranges in addition to being an old and worn out argument. Most of what you're paying for fuel is taxes used to fund numerous socialized programs.
We don't fund programs like these with the taxes we pay on fuel unlike the U.K. and the rest of Europe. No failed socialized medical programs and none of the other ludicrous programs you fund when you buy fuel via the taxes!
We get nothing for the taxes we pay on fuel. We pay for private health insurance which you don't etc. Add that alone to the ludicrous prices we're paying for fuel and you're way ahead of the game!
So quit your whining and do something over there to change the socialistic path your government has taken!
Going back to private health insurance alone would knock a huge amount off the taxes you pay on fuel!
Another benefit is that people won't have to spend months waiting their turn to see a doctor only to wind up dying before their turn comes up. Please don't tell us this doesn't happen because I have numerous friends in the U.K. and I know for a fact it does. Not too long ago a friends grandmother died waiting her turn. Had she been able to see a doctor in a reasonable amount of time instead of having to wait 3 months she'd be alive today!
Go back to the free market, drop socialism, and instead of financing every program that comes down the road with taxes on fuel! Your cost will drop dramatically!
That's like comparing apples and oranges in addition to being an old and worn out argument. Most of what you're paying for fuel is taxes used to fund numerous socialized programs.
We don't fund programs like these with the taxes we pay on fuel unlike the U.K. and the rest of Europe. No failed socialized medical programs and none of the other ludicrous programs you fund when you buy fuel via the taxes!
We get nothing for the taxes we pay on fuel. We pay for private health insurance which you don't etc. Add that alone to the ludicrous prices we're paying for fuel and you're way ahead of the game!
So quit your whining and do something over there to change the socialistic path your government has taken!
Going back to private health insurance alone would knock a huge amount off the taxes you pay on fuel!
Another benefit is that people won't have to spend months waiting their turn to see a doctor only to wind up dying before their turn comes up. Please don't tell us this doesn't happen because I have numerous friends in the U.K. and I know for a fact it does. Not too long ago a friends grandmother died waiting her turn. Had she been able to see a doctor in a reasonable amount of time instead of having to wait 3 months she'd be alive today!
Go back to the free market, drop socialism, and instead of financing every program that comes down the road with taxes on fuel! Your cost will drop dramatically!