The Full-Up Prisons

 

It always amazes me that we don't take a holistic view to the justice, crime, the environment and taxation.

For instance, if we abolished Road Tax and put this on fuel, with perhaps a charge of say £20 to register a car and record a change of ownership, you would cut out a lot of motor-related crime. You could also put the minimum insurance onto fuel as they do in Australia.

The TV licence is another that could be changed so that it goes on general taxation such as Income Tax. Only those without a TV would get a once a year refund.

There are other examples, where by changing the taxation system, we actually eliminate crimes.

Surely this is a better way, than just locking people up for ever.