Re: [Slightly OT]. Fuel excise?????

["Dino64" <dino64@iprimus.com.au>]

Isn't there a 40 to 1 investment ratio, in favour of roads over rail. I
believe rail hauls about 1/3 of all freight moved in this country if it's
calculated in gross tonnes per KM's. If this is true, then it's not exactly
fare.

Dino

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>Skippy <fowler9@skippy9spammeifyoudare.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> MPs change petrol price focus to better roads
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>> When will they ever use some of this money to better RAILROADS as
>well?????
>> When they get cars of the roads they'll be able to handle the lesser
>traffic
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>> Problem is as I see it Skippy is, the feds & states make more money from
>road transport than they do from rail.
>>Consider the taxes on registration and fuel. Road hauliers pay to the
>governments far more than the Rail operators.
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