Sarkozy calls for fuel tax cut as protests spread across Europe

Wednesday 28th May, 05:35 AM JST

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adaydream at 02:21 PM JST - 28th May

They are in the same position that we are. You can talk a good game about cutting taxes for a period of time, but it's got to be replenished. These tax dollars are already spoken for in Federal/Local programs. If it's not collected here, they will collect it from somewhere else, or do without services.
Madverts at 07:57 PM JST - 28th May

"They are in the same position that we are"

We bloody shouldn't be. If an econmoist can explain to me how despite the rising price of oil, the price is based in dollars and the dollar is on it's arse compared to the Euro so the price surely shouldn't have shot up...?

Also, the fact-cats in Euro governments, notably Britain have long been stuffing themselevs with something crazy like 80 odd % tax on fuel.

It's time to prepare an brace for French panic buying, and block the fuel arrivals again to bring the government to its' knees on this issue...
Madverts at 07:58 PM JST - 28th May

Sorry, "fat" cats.
Madverts at 10:24 PM JST - 28th May

Well, super d...?

I'm not surprised you know absolutely nothing about Europe in light of the shriekfest blogs you hang out, but if you're going to make degrading comments about Europeans, at least have the back-bone to defend them!
adaydream at 12:53 AM JST - 29th May

Madverts

the price is based in dollars and the dollar is on it's arse compared to the Euro

But for France just to cut the gasoline taxes means, that money will have to be replaced somehow.
Madverts at 01:43 AM JST - 29th May

"But for France just to cut the gasoline taxes means, that money will have to be replaced somehow."

Well, if Sarko get's his reforms through, we'll be cutting off some of the excess flab via less government "workers". If he nips the RMI in the bud too, and finally does something about the crippling social charges us small business pay we could finally get back on our feet.

The fuel crisis is the tip of the iceberg - it's 25 years of socialist ruin that needs to be dealt with first.
WhiteHawk at 02:23 AM JST - 29th May

adaydream:

If it's not collected here, they will collect it from somewhere else, or do without services.

Now there's a novel idea. Let's cut spending on the vote-buying entitlement programs! They are in the same position we are, right? Just worse.
adaydream at 05:42 AM JST - 29th May

The oil reserves are controlled by certain magnets that have turned it into a monopoly to steal the money from the world to their pockets.

A great portion of these taxes are used to keep up hiways. If these taxes aren't collected where do the funds come from to fix the hiways? You can't take school funds and fix hiways. You can't take military funds and fix hiways. It's just not that easy.

These links only show a small fraction of the truth.

Manipulation of petrodollars:

http://www.celsias.com/2008/04/10/peak-oil-petrodollars-and-climate-change-apathy

Oil wells on Gulls Island:

http://www.rense.com/general82/gull.htm

Prudhoe Bay pipeline was reduced:

http://cryptogon.com/20060806_blogarchive.html#115500836133128568

The whole story as to why we’re paying so much:

http://www.politicaldogs.org/2008/01/iran-to-flood-world-with-cheap-oil.htm

The cost of Taxes on oil in Europe:

http://www.petrolprices.com/fuel-tax.html

Iraqi Oil reserves:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/18/business/iraqoil.php

More Iraqi Oil Reserves:

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aairaqioil.htm