There must be a significant pension saving as all the smokers die younger.
Has anyone mentioned alcohol yet? Huge costs to society that I bet is not covered by tax.
And then there is the car - where we know motoring taxes do not over the total costs to society of motoring - from damage to buildings to death and ill health from disease to deaths in collisions.
Ban alcohol and cars and we will have plenty of money for the smokers
[i]And then there is the car - where we know motoring taxes do not over the total costs to society of motoring - from damage to buildings to death and ill health from disease to deaths in collisions.[/i]
Do we, again I doubt this and reckon motorist pay more than their fair share.
Queef!
br - if you count total costs against the motoring taxes there is a huge shortfall.
Cost of enforcing of road law
cost of pollution damage to building and the environment
cost of illhealth from the pollution
Cost of the healthcare for the injured and killed
Coast of provision of the roads
Costs of streetlighting major roads
Then there is all the uncostable stuff - they eyesore that is yellow lines and road signs and so on
Smoke a pipe as it's healthier.
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[i]br - if you count total costs against the motoring taxes there is a huge shortfall.[/i]
And on the other side of the ledger:
Benefit of getting where you want to go
Benefit of goods leaving factories
Benefit of goods getting into the shops
Benefit of an ambulance to take you to hospital
etc
And of course the sheer income derived from road transport.
Benefit of goods leaving factories
Benefit of goods getting into the shops
Benefit of an ambulance to take you to hospital
None of which are done by car. 🙄
Benefit of getting where you want to go
Cheaper quicker easier by bike / public transport
And of course the sheer income derived from road transport.
I think you will find it is simply a cost, road transport does not produce anything and again is not done in cars 🙄
and except of course that cars are brilliant.
