Horse Tax? pah...what a con

I'm furious, no! more than that, I'm astonished, astounded and so angry I could burst at the total apathy that is seemingly the current 'trend' (and how I hate that 'trend' word ! ) in this sad country we all barely exist in.
Apathy is in so many areas of our lives these days it seems to be the norm, the shrug of shoulders, the ' whatever' factor, but when this apathy touches me directly I'm angry and I'm up on this old soap box of mine shouting and hopefully rallying the ranks, so here goes!
Okay so many town/city dwellers equate horse ownership to having bags of spare money and boundry-less lands huge properties and hand servants, but that's not so.
The majority of horse owners in the UK are everyday folk, living frugally and caring for their horses on meagre budgets, getting up in the dark, to do their stable/field work, before going to work a long day (that's if they are lucky enough to still be working in bursting Britain that is! ) and then running the whole routine again at the other dark end of the day. They do this willingly and mostly uncomplaining because they actually care deeply if not love those fourlegged hairy beasties.
These same people already pay out huge amounts for horse feed in fact huge amounts that carries the name 'horse' in it's description on the packet/bag/box (+ VAT) then there's farriery every 6 to 10 weeks (+VAT) and the drreaded but pretty much expected Veterinary needs (+VAT) and lastly the burden of the farcicle passporting system.
Most of these people travel to their horses as they don't lord it in palatial dwellings so pay more in fuel duty than most, once again propping up the greedy government coffers and most likely many, due to all the afore mentioned stress, drink the odd bottle of wine or beer to numb the effect of being so hard hit, that's another dip in the pocket for tax then.
You'd say by that lot that the horse owners of the UK have probably paid their extra contribution to the taxmans coffers but oh no! we are now facing a direct tax, a tax levied straight at us, a pay up or else tax...a tax per horse (there is terrifying talk of £100 per animal) which means sanctuaries like EQUINE MARKET WATCH Sanctuaries UK with many horses/ponies to care for as unplaceable residents will have to find in excess of £3000 to be 'legal'
Our situation right now, in this greed of Banks induced recession, is that our charitable backs are right up slap bang up against the wall. No doubt many individual owners will also see this as the straw that breaks the tax burdened camels back. Many will have to give up their beloved horses. Many will be turning to charities such as our s for help. Most will be turned away meaning a huge number of horses/ponies will be destroyed simply because of a tax that is unfair and unjust.
We will not survive this economic downturn unless our charity funding increases and we will definately not be in a position to pay any tax or additional charge placed upon us in the near future nor the long term one as it stands. Our own sanctuary residents are now in a precarious position too.
Don't let apathy, and the idea that this tax won't happen, stop you from writing to your MP today demanding that this unfair and unnecessary burden is withdrawn because if it isn't then mark my words, horse ownership will, without doubt, become only the priveledge of the rich and sanctuaries such as EQUINE MARKET WATCH Sanctuaries UK will disappear for good.