text: All Socialist like big Government, high taxes to pay for it, and a bossy/patronising attitude towards the electorate. They dislike individuals who are successful. They have to be taxed to the hilt as a punishment for their success. The taxes are then handed to feckless individuals who will vote for a socialist government in order to repay their masters. The recent scare about global warming is just a ruse to squeeze more tax money out of us. We already pay for refuse collection, so, as you imply, further charges are just a con trick.\n\nIt is ironic, that the more successful a punitive tax is in achieving its objective, the less tax it raises, eg, speeding fines. The more the policy fails, the more tax revenue it raises. Eventually, once the government gets used to the additional income, it will want us to fail.