Re: Danegeld
You forgot to mention that the UK govt manages to tax taxation... they add "Fuel Duty" to the cost of road fuel, which is then subject to "Value Added Tax" on the whole sum - so they actually tax the tax they have already levied.
I hate hearing politicians talking about lowering taxes when in reality all they do is hide them from plain sight. Of course if we conducted our affairs that way it would probably be called fraud.