Note to American Socialists......

I'll pay my OWN doctor bills, thank you. YOU Democrats stay out of it.

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Thanks for the information, Ken. You have my sympathy. Road gas in South
Carolina as 16c/US gallon Federal and 18.3c/US gallon State tax on it.
Diesel on-the-road has 5c/gallon more. Diesel at the marina has no tax on
it, but the marina gas is fully taxed at road tax rates. Diesel is
$US1.45/US Gallon at the moment on the dock. Down in Florida, diesel at
Daytona Marina was $1.56/US Gallon on the dock.

Here in Charleston, SC, gas is about $US1.85/US gallon for 87 octane on the
street. OF course, marinas charge about 50c/gallon more than on the
street. They figure if you can afford a boat, you can afford to get ripped
off a little more.

I watched Daytona Marina fuel up a Mangusta 108 Italian monster while I was
at the dock. She took on 3600 US gallons at $1.56/gallon from a tired old
mechanical service station fuel pump. It took over 3.5 hours to do
that...(c; The Mangusta has twin MTU V-16's and huge jetdrives. Fuel
consumption is measured in litres/meter....hee hee.

Larry


"Ken Baker" wrote in
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You have probably heard about the proposed tax increase on "red"
diesel . Worried about the increase I wrote to my M.P. Colin Challen,
on15th February 2004 to ask what was in the pipeline. Colin Challen
promptly passed on my request on the 16th Feb to John Healey, Economic
Secretary for this Government. He chased up this enquiry on the 15th
March 2004 and today, 25th May I have received a reply.

In brief I am informed that as of this time the ordinary diesel for
road use has a 47.10 pence tax per litre whereas the RED diesel is
taxed at 4.22 pence per litre. This September 1st sees an increase to
6.24 pence per litre and 48.52 pence per litre.

He tells me that an agreement under the relevant "European agreements"
that "pleasure" fuel in the E.U is normally taxed at the same rate as
the equiv road type fuel however the United Kingdom enjoys a
derogation from this provision and this allows all private pleasure
craft and others to use red diesel. This derogation is due to expire
on 31st December 2006 but we will have the opportunity to apply for an
extension.

The future looks bleak for red diesel users so it may be worth your
while sending in your views to your M.P.

A very useful site is http://www.faxyourmp.com/ where you can find
out your M.P. and send a fax to him./her.

Good luck.

Ken Baker