Rejoice! Voters in Greater Manchester have rejected the Congestion Charge! 79% of those who voted, voted "No"! It's nice to see a bit of common sense being exercised. Congestion charging is a typical statist way of tackling a problem - hitting you over the head with a cricket bat until you start to behave the way your lords and masters want you to behave.
Fortunately people have seen through the doubtful promises of improvements to public transport and decided not to accept a tax on going in to work. This tax would have hit the working poor worst - those who could least afford to pay, but needed to be in work on time.
So now that the charge has been decisively rejected, how long do you think it will be before the statists have another go at introducing it? A year or two?
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