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Kilometer tax is 'meglomaniac': TelegraafFriday 08 January 2010 Transport minister Camiel Eurlings' 'meglomaniac project' to introduce a tax on every kilometer driven is under fire from senior civil servants, the Telegraaf reports on Friday, quoting government sources. 'Eurling's train rumbles on and only people who agree with the project can climb aboard,' one senior official told the paper. Even though the legislation to introduce the tax still has to go through the parliamentary process, an army of 250 consultants, advisors and civil servants are already involved in making the tax a reality, the paper says. Sources say some €130m has already been spent on the project, which was formally launched in November. Most of the people involved have been seconded from outside government, the paper claims, including dozens of staff from 'accountants and consultancy giants' KPMG, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Organisational experts Berenschot and software firm Ordina have also won contracts to work on the project. One civil servant told the paper the minister has surrounded himself with yes men and refuses to listen to criticism. The paper promises more revelations in its Saturday edition. © DutchNews.nl
So lets just boycott it! By Ames | January 8, 2010 11:53 AM Good to see that rational and informed people are responsible for such well thought out new taxes. Our tax money at work. By Kris | January 8, 2010 4:01 PM A "per use" tax on roads is the best option as an upfront per year tax only encourages more driving. The way it is implemented however and the cost of the use is another matter. Boycotting driving is in the best interests of almost everyone. By Richard | January 8, 2010 4:29 PM I hope there will be enough opposition to put this idea in the bin forever. There is already a kilometre tax which is tax on fuel. Simple, and it doesn't allow the government to collect data about your movements. By Mark | January 8, 2010 5:11 PM "meglomaniac" is misspelled. By YoMamma | January 8, 2010 5:14 PM How do you get to the Transport Minister and be so dumb? The petrol tax is severe enough in this country. We are moving towards a government that believes the solution to EVERY problem is to raise taxes. Why not just take everyone's money, give it the government and we can all be communists? I hear it worked really well in the Soviet Union. By William | January 8, 2010 5:24 PM Yeah, boycott Telegraaf; STOP misleading the masses! Read a real newspaper. By paperboy | January 8, 2010 6:59 PM We here in the Lowly-lands don't get to vote on this issue, 'same as the Euro, it's up to our great party leader, and what he deems best for us... We are not worthy of making such important decisions, only our dear leader. Seems like the present gov. is slowly abrogating the voice of it's people, comparable to that of a shepherd herding his flock: the sheep have nothing more to say except,...BAAAAA!!!!! Are there not more important problems at present that should take preference other than a GPS-SPY-TAX? By stevie | January 9, 2010 12:16 AM If our experience in the UK is anything to go by, just make a thorough check of Eurlings' outside interests. Tony Blair tried to push through a similar scheme during his tenure and only later was it discovered that he'd received funds for his Labour Party leadership campaign from the very company who would have benefited from the contracts awarded for the scheme's infrastructure! By tommyrot | January 9, 2010 2:49 AM I do not own a car. This would mean a lot more people using public transport, which is essentially a good thing. However, it does sound a bit severe. By Rolf Van Bos | January 9, 2010 3:04 PM Sticks without carrots won't work. Improve the public transit system before punishing people for not using it. It would take my husband an hour to get to work by public transit (Haarlem to Schiphol-Rijk), but 20 minutes by car. Where is the incentive to give up driving? By CW | January 10, 2010 12:18 PM
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This is the scariest part as we know who will pay for that.
By sumone | January 8, 2010 11:30 AM