The only difference would be that the cost would then be borne directly by drivers in proportion to the number of miles they drive.

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Only a supranational body with a high degree of public trust can decide, for example, what proportion of the losses from Spain's banking bust should be borne by Slovakian pensioners as opposed to the investors, managers and employees of those banks.

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