Flight taxes hiked to bail out banks: It's nothing to do with environment, says Darling


	Flight taxes hiked to bail out banks: It's nothing to do with environment, says Darling

The Infowarrior

11-1-2009 1:01 PM

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alistair darling, stealth tax, economic suicide, deciet, fraud

The Infowarrior says:

"Cat out the bag: Chancellor Alistair Darling says that higher air passenger duty, introduced tomorrow, was needed to plug gaps in the national finances"

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