"tim....." wrote in news:512d41F1ictbtU1
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>> "tim....." wrote in
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>>> "gerrit" wrote in message
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>>>> "Martin" wrote in message
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>>>>> 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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> They can.
>
> That's what I was saying
>
Yes, I guess the part I don't understand is why "the house of cards will
start to tumble"? THere are some instances where tolls & vignettes just
don't make sense. I don't think the Dutch are going to introduce the same
system. They are just expressing sour g.s that they finally have to
pay (and we all know they don't like to pay ;o).
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