Re: $4b transport plan to ease petrol heat

[taliesin@chariot.net.au (Taliesin Walker)]

>I heard the PM on the ABC recently defending the Govts refusal to cut
>the excise on petrol or even reduce the rate of indexation,and his
>response was that this revenue is needed to pay pensions.
>I thought fuel excise was to pay for roads .

Even if all the petrol excise revenue was spent on roads, cutting the
excise would either mean that we spend less on roads, or cut back in
other areas of spending.  Howard has a point.

Tali