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Facing fearful odds in Old Virginia

1st May 1982, Page 62
1st May 1982
Page 62
Page 62, 1st May 1982 — Facing fearful odds in Old Virginia
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

BRITISH hauliers bemoaning the Budget should thank their lucky stars that they are not Liniel G. Gregory, Jr, a Virginia operator. They are not, as is he, threatened by "the Virginia and West Virginia legislative duet, accompanied by the Norfolk and Western Railway and the editorial writers of the Roanoke Times and World News and the Charleston Gazette, who "are composing new tax tunes. . . that could permanently cripple an already ailing industry".

They are not "liable to 44 federal and state tax agencies" and to many more if they are heavy hauliers. The situation is so desperate that even the notorious Teamsters' Union is making concessions to protect jobs.

"Well, we are mad as hell and we just cannot take it any more", says the outraged haulier. "We cannot pay any more and neither can you."

This could well be Dave (Daddy's Sauce) Wetzel fulminating against the House of Lords and its ruling on London Transport fares. But he at least was spared the combined might of the Roanoke Times and World News and the Charleston Gazette.