Fuel increase cancelled?

[TheLocum]

So the proposed 2p./litre fuel increase has been cancelled!

However, the recent huge rises in fuel has meant a government bonanza far in excess of this anyway. All the increases include 17.5% in VAT alone, apart from all the other increased taxes they get.

Just who is kidding who when they act like they are doing us a good turn?

[Ethel]

You're moaning as they have announced they are not putting the 2p increase on.

What would you do if the were?

[Postdog]

"So the proposed 2p./litre fuel increase has been cancelled!

However, the recent huge rises in fuel has meant a government bonanza far in excess of this anyway. "

something is amiss with your logic I think. The government didn't put prices up, the companies did. If anything, the government probably lost out because people didn't buy so much.

[shaking]

its only been cancelled because of the impending by election.

[BillySugger]

Hence the term 'buy' election ?!

[stokemaveric]

the govt could afford to CUT fuel tax really which would help kick start the economy,now im no economist but if they did that ie cheaper petrol = cheaper transportation costs = cheaper food and goods = more money in peoples pockets.....there you go simple.......lol

[bazwillrun]

more money in peoples pockets means more control over your own life, means you have more power, means government has less control over you

a big no no for governments, they want you to think you have control without you actually having it, last thing they want is people have power.

[New Judge]

Of course it would never to occur to government (as it has to for us lesser mortals) to actually think about spending less if their income is diminished.

And before people start bleating on about "schools" and "hospitals" there is plenty of scope to reduce expenditure. Government employess have increased in number by 600,000 in the last ten years. Many of these are bean counters,"5-a-day" co-ordinators and the like. Their posts could be expunged at a stroke, nobody would notice the difference and they could look for gainful employment.

[TheLocum]

Its a pity this thread has to be contamiated by that stupid tvvat `ethel` making entirely fatuous comments.

However, it seems that I must be the only one who finds his comments completely those of a completely brainless idiot. Because he jumps in quick with his `pearls of wisdom` he seems to have a reputation for giving good advice - I disagree.

I was not moaning about the proposed increase - merely point out that the increased taxes have already swollen the coffers.

[Ice.Maiden]

I agree - and what made me smile yesterday, was when a friend of mine, who's with British Gas, received a "free" box of low-energy lightbulbs. 52,000.000 of these've been given away, so it seems. I think customers'd rather their bills come down by a few pence!

[rov1200]

It seems strange to me. This high cost of taxation on fuel will directly or indirectly cause 1 million to lose their jobs. Imagine the loss of income tax revenue or the benefits dished out because of it.

At a stroke they could reduce the taxation sufficiently for this not to happen. If the money is to be found to replace it then withdraw the troops from Iraq and reduce them in Afghanistan. Simple economics, but we must live within our means.

[New Judge]

Well said, rov.

If times are hard there are 101 ways public spending (which has doubled in the last 10 years) can be reduced without any significant impact.