well, by 'we', i mean 'us' as a country and it's a lie that i say i have just realised, it's more a case of now i feel like doing something about it. what am i talking about? the cost of living in this country of course! i just filled my motor up and paid 1.29 per litre for the privelage, i then paid and even though i'm off the smokes for the month noticed that 20 marlboro was nearly £7! i understand that VAT has now gone up to a quite ridiculous 20% and it is now apparent that retailers are using this as an excuse to add a but more of a hike in price but other than have a good old moan about it, is there actually anything people can do or are we just expected to have it harder again this year than last year and repeat?
i've just realised, we are having our trousers pulled down!
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great, well at 31 that's 2 very important decades for me, essentially it's going to be crap! about time i worked on my 5 year plan to get out of here.
students protested against the rise in tuition fees, yet we just seem to continually take this shafting!
it was stupidity, i agree but atleast they let their feelings be known, we consumers never get the chance. if petrol were to go up to 1.50 pl, we'd still pay it!
no, it will never come back down. manufacturers, suppliers and retailers will all add on their little bit on top of the regulated VAT. this is a right pigs ear of an economy. drop it to 15% only to hike it back up to a record level within a little over 18 months. nice one.
the trouble is, who to target? i believe it has to be the oil suppliers and energy companies, everything stems from transport costs for which the oil companies are responsible for and continue to announce record profits, same for the energy suppliers, they're all way too greedy yet we just watch things carry on as they do so.
they're making too much then!
http://www.bp.com/extendedgenericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7061409
hit them too!
and what's wrong with this? the offshore risk? they have too much power, they shouldn't be able to offshore!
is it anymore retarded that crippling the poor whilst the super rich pull all the strings and get all the perks? not to me it isn't, things need to change. the fear of the big companies leaving could be controlled if people had the balls to do it.
don't forget, we also give away 6 billion in aid. but wait! 6 billion isn't that much anyway really, is it? what this government doesn't realise is that facts such as these really annoy a lot of people. and don't believe anyone it's not money being spent to keep china out of africa either.
are they not? oh right ok. carry on!
i don't know, which one is it?
i don't need a degree in economics to know when i'm getting shafted.
an excellent point. wait for an economist expert to step in and blow it to pieces with 'facts' from a pile of paper.
and why do we have a massive deficit?
and who's fault was that?
well, i didn't vote labour in, in 1997, i wasn't old enough to vote. it can't possibly be my fault. it can't be the publics fault, who's fault is it?
NI is increasing this year
tax credits are a ridiculous system. as stated, why not reduce at the tax point? maybe because the government knows not everyone will get their application for credits done in time or correctly or apply for them at all?
only the super rich can afford such luxuries! tesco's own please!
i remember reading that petrol stations will most likely sell fuel at cost in the hope of making money on other products they sell?