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Chris:
I pay 76 dollars in road tax each month... That adds up to 912 dollars per year.
And that's beside a 42% purchase tax, 19% sales tax (so a new car will cost you 161% of the original price) and $ 7.7 per gallon for gas....
We in Europe, and especially the Netherlands do not understand the American complaints about road fees, gas prices and registration fees...
Stephane Dumas:
--- Quote from: HalifaxTravaler on June 27, 2009, 09:11:26 PM ---I just read the article, it sucks that the fees are going up,But try this on for size,$200.00 to register an average car for 2 years.That is what we pay in Nova Scotia Canada.
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in Quebec, it's even higher around 240$ :banghead: :angry:
mightyace:
--- Quote from: Chris on June 28, 2009, 04:49:46 AM ---IWe in Europe, and especially the Netherlands do not understand the American complaints about road fees, gas prices and registration fees...
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That may be because most of the people who think such taxes are outrageous emigrated here 200 years ago!
Truvelo:
Here in the UK road taxation raises $62bn each year but it all goes into central government with only a small proportion spent on transport.
Chris:
Yeah it's outrageous how much European governments are mooching off of motorists... and you'll get a lot of traffic congestion in return.
Some European countries do it right though, especially places like Portugal and Spain which have a very impressive transportation system.
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