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Why is the taxpayer subsidisiing these cars?

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 29 Apr 2014 13:45

Accident & Emergency Departments are being closed, there is a shortage of classroom places, care for the elderly is being cut, to name only a few results of government policies, yet today the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a £500 million pound funding package to encourage people to buy an all-electric car

The package means that motorists buying electric cars will be able to claim the government's £5,000 contribution to the cost of purchasing an electric car, until at least 2017. The extended scheme comes as part of a wider initiative for an extra £500 million worth of funding to encourage the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/electric-car-grant-extended-2017-thanks-new-funding

This government keeps ramming it down our throat that there is no money and that is why they need to cut services, but it seems they are happy to hand out £5,000 to anyone who buys an "expensive" all electric car :-S :-S :-S

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I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Merlin

Merlin Report 29 Apr 2014 13:55

OFTG, There is,nt any money, its all borrowed for our childrens children to pay back in taxes,and if these electric cars are so good why not lead by example and use them for GovernmenTransport instead of the expensive high powered ones they have provided. :-|

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DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 29 Apr 2014 14:00

And has anyone seen just how expensive Electric cars are!!!

They are truly prohibitive for most people

I was in one a few months ago. It was beautiful. Very luxurious. And very very expensive.....

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 29 Apr 2014 14:13

When I read about some of these pet projects like Nick Clegg's one for electric cars, David Cameron's Big Society project, George Osborne & Patrick McLoughlin's High Speed Rail project, Michael Gove's Free School project - I have one message for them all, you want a pet project then pay for it your bloody self and stop wasting taxpayers money to benefit the few :-|

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Merlin

Merlin Report 29 Apr 2014 14:17

OFTG. They,re not on the same planet as us,just send in the men with White Coats and liberate us from them. :-S

Researching:
Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.

Merlin

Merlin Report 29 Apr 2014 14:17

OFTG. They,re not on the same planet as us,just send in the men with White Coats and liberate us from them. :-S

Researching:
Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.

Kense

Kense Report 29 Apr 2014 14:41

I think the aim is to stimulate advances in electric car technology.

It won't be too long before fossil fuels become prohibitively expensive.Hopefully electrc cars will be affordable for the masses by then.

In that sense, half a billion is a meagre investment for future generations.

Graham

Graham Report 29 Apr 2014 17:14

In the 2011-12 tax year the government collected £26.8 billion in fuel duty. So it's not as if motorists haven't been paying into the system.