Wednesday, June 01, 2011
"Pay up Obama: President made to cough up C-charge for 'The Beast'"
If you follow the U.K. websites and news sites, you soon conclude that the Brits seem to have a law or tax for everything.
I guess that's where they get their "nanny state" label...
I guess that's where they get their "nanny state" label...
Peter Dominiczak reported on this one on the London Evening Standard website:
"Barack Obama has been ordered to pay the congestion charge for his security vehicle 'The Beast', Boris Johnson revealed today.
The Mayor told the Standard each car in the President's motorcade will be billed for £10 - including the bomb-proof Cadillac. Mr Johnson also said he had a discussion with Mr Obama about the US embassy's refusal to pay £5.3 million in C-charge fines."
