text: why can't labour offer alternatives, only create more taxes? why are the labour party incapable of ever offering alternatives, whether it is recycling, road congestion, air travel, whatever? their answer to absolutley everything is to increase tax, how will this help the situation? i doubt very much whether the much talked about 'green taxes' will be ringfenced and used soley for the purpose of improving the environment and negating our destructive influence.    we are told that councils will be able to levy charges according to the weight of your rubbish, i agree in principle but will that be offset against the weight of our recycling and will it replace the rubbish collecting element of council tax? i doubt it.  this is just one small example.  your views please. all socialist like big government, high taxes to pay for it, and a bossy/patronising attitude towards the electorate. they dislike individuals who are successful. they have to be taxed to the hilt as a punishment for their success. the taxes are then handed to feckless individuals who will vote for a socialist government in order to repay their masters. the recent scare about global warming is just a ruse to squeeze more tax money out of us. we already pay for refuse collection, so, as you imply, further charges are just a con trick.  it is ironic, that the more successful a punitive tax is in achieving its objective, the less tax it raises, eg, speeding fines. the more the policy fails, the more tax revenue it raises. eventually, once the government gets used to the additional income, it will want us to fail.