Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer doled out several million pounds for councils so that they can repair potholes in the roads which were caused by the freezing conditions this winter.
The 'experts' say that this amount of money will barely touch the problem because the roads have been left to get into disrepair for the last thirty years or so. Then of course the councils try to put the blame onto the utilities because they say that they are continually digging up the roads which weaken them.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believed that the reason we pay so much in road tax every year and the reason we pay all that duty on petrol is to ensure that the roads are kept in a state of good repair and that new roads are built where required.
For goodness sake, surely the government is taking enough revenue from motorists every year to fund repairs to the roads to keep them in good condition. After all any idiot can see that the motorist is not exactly a dying breed, just look at the M25 or any rush hour in any city centre.
That's the problem with governments though, they are very quick to squeeze as much as possible out of us but what do they do with all the money they collect. They're not too slow to feather their own nests and sadly, the voting public will grumble about them but will let them get away with it when the election comes.
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