Soon, Brits will own nothing and will be happier for itโฆ
UK Government Transport Minister Trudy Harrison recently spoke at a mobility conference, addressing the future of personal mobility. In her comments, she said it was necessary to ditch the “20th-century thinking centered around private vehicle ownership and towards greater flexibility, with personal choice and low carbon shared transport.” Thatโs right, she said the quiet part loud and showed the hand of a growing number of government officials.
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Harrison went on to praise not only public transportation but also bike share services, e-scooters, and ride sharing platforms. All of these are supposed to tune down how much carbon the UK is emitting into the atmosphere. As with all choices, this comes at a cost, particularly for those living in rural areas.
Whatโs more, 300 residents in Coventry recently expressed interest in giving up their personal cars. The tradeoff from the government reportedly would be a mobility credit worth up to ยฃ3,000. This mobility credit program has been going since March of this year, with 73 cars turned in and crushed. No, this isnโt a joke, but I wish it were.
Understandably, many Brits are upset about this. Some have asked if they should start riding their horse instead, all the in the name of โprogress.โ Others are tying this statement by Harrison with the looming government ban of internal combustion engines for cars by 2030. After all, EVs arenโt exactly cheap, so what better way to force people onto public transportation than by pricing them out of the vehicle market?
Iโve been calling out the elitist plan in some government circles to eliminate the private ownership of cars for some time. For many, the possibility that such a thing could be real leads to their minds lashing out at the source of such news, and so Iโve been called a โcrazy conspiracy theoristโ among other things for trying to shed light on this disturbing topic. Well, time has vindicated my stance and people in the UK are starting to wake up to the very real possibility they would be completely dependent on the government to be driven anywhere.
If you think this plan is limited to just the UK, you havenโt been paying attention. There have been other efforts to make private vehicle ownership a thing of the past, including a new measure in Southern California. The 2021 Regional Transportation Plan passed recently by the San Diego Association of Governmentโs board of directors is a $160 billion initiative just for the metropolitan area to boost public transportation.
Thatโs a hefty price tag for such a small area, so one of the ways officials have been planning to fund it is by levying a per-mile driving tax against citizens. That was such an unpopular move it was shelved, for now. But I have a funny feeling that driving tax is going to be revisited. Critics say that and other fines, fees, etc. are designed to nuke personal vehicle ownership for all but the wealthy. Expect to see similar measures in other cities and maybe entire states/territories in North America and beyond in the near future.
As unpleasant as politics are, if car enthusiasts and really everyone who enjoys going where they please when they please in their privately-owned vehicle donโt start taking a stand, our freedoms could be severely restricted in ways many have thought werenโt possible. Failing to do something to stop this push will end poorly for just about everyone.
Source:ย Express
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Simple, this is the UN and leftist Maxist installing their agenda 2030. People had better wake up and read this document.