"tim....." wrote in
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> "gerrit" wrote in message
> news:45aad178$0$27933$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
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>> "Martin" wrote in message
>> news:jvfkq29hmqtqkhsuc3elf0163tk0hpe5dt@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:20:40 +0900, "gerrit" wrote:
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>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >I thought I read somewhere that one of the guiding principles of
>>> >the EC
>> is
>>> >that access should be the same for each and every citizen.
>>> >So if the Belgians charge their citizens the same tax then no one
>>> >can complain.
>>>
>>> The Belgians pay for their roads with their road tax. The Dutch pay
>> nothing for
>>> using Belgian roads.
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>> And the Germans pay nothing for using Dutch roads.
>> That's the whole thing about being in a community. You pay your own
>> bit and
>> can benefit from others paying theirs.
>
> ISTM that this fine whilst everybody plays by these rules.
>
> But Belgium will not be the first country to opt out.
> You can expect the house of cards to start tumbling soon
>
Ok, I'm confused. If the french & italians have toll roads & the
austrians have vignettes, why can't the belgians have a vignette system?
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