Steve Firth wrote:
charles wrote:
In article ,
John Williamson wrote:
charles wrote:
It's quite telling that when rolling stock needs to be moved
around for maintenance work or refurbishment, they often find it
cheaper to move it by road rather than rail.


which shows that someone has got the costing of road transport
wrong. After all, that too is "subsidised by the taxayer".

The taxes paid by road users far exceed the amount spent on the road
network. In effect, road users subsidise the rail network, the
NHS.....

remember that all the non-trunk roads are paid for by the relevant
local authority, not out of central funds. Once upon a time - when
I first had a car - the "road fund licence" was collected by the
local authority. It was subsequently 'nationalised'.


Remember that local authorities get massive handouts from the
treasury for the roads. Then they spend the money on lesbian
cooperatives.

If the money was spent on male homosexuals you could claim the money was
spent on a widening a dirt track.

--
Adam