Ouch ! 35% price hike from British Gas - Page 4

andrewb · 31-07-2008, 08:59

The problem I see with reversing it is people don't want higher taxes. They're hurting enough. A big bureaucratic, inefficient, state monopoly with no competition, no reason to improve prices, no reason to improve services is not something I want.

80% tax on petrol, pensions wrecked, alcohol tax, cigarette tax, increased car tax, abolition of 10p rate, doubling low income workers tax, more car tax, a retrospective one hitting those who can't afford to pay for a new car the hardest. Yes, people are going to struggle to pay gas prices.

Mancie · 31-07-2008, 09:04

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Originally Posted by andrewb

The problem I see with reversing it is people don't want higher taxes. They're hurting enough. A big bureaucratic, inefficient, state monopoly with no competition, no reason to improve prices, no reason to improve services is not something I want.

80% tax on petrol, pensions wrecked, alcohol tax, cigarette tax, increased car tax, abolition of 10p rate, doubling low income workers tax, more car tax, a retrospective one hitting those who can't afford to pay for a new car the hardest. Yes, people are going to struggle to pay gas prices.

yep..takes me back to the good old day's...we had 18yrs of it under "your lot"

Plus almost 4 million unemployed
riots at the drop of a hat
poll tax
a strike that killed off whole towns and communities
V.A.T increases

loved it!

cashman · 31-07-2008, 09:04

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Originally Posted by andrewb

The problem I see with reversing it is people don't want higher taxes. They're hurting enough. A big bureaucratic, inefficient, state monopoly with no competition, no reason to improve prices, no reason to improve services is not something I want.

80% tax on petrol, pensions wrecked, alcohol tax, cigarette tax, increased car tax, abolition of 10p rate, doubling low income workers tax, more car tax, a retrospective one hitting those who can't afford to pay for a new car the hardest. Yes, people are going to struggle to pay gas prices.

got a summer job fer ya - selling rose tinted spectacles.

andrewb · 31-07-2008, 09:19

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Originally Posted by cashman

got a summer job fer ya - selling rose tinted spectacles.

I'll have to decline, I'd ruin your business.

I can't see nothing pleasant about Gordon Brown. Nothing, absolutely nothing is being done to help the lowest income workers in this country, quite the opposite, they're being punished. Labour have failed

. Its time for a change.

andrewb · 31-07-2008, 09:27

This offer might run out soon so have a look while its still available.

The prices are fixed until September 2009 which should save you money due to the current round of rises and additional predicted rises in January. Go compare with what you're paying now!

Fixed Price Energy 2009

cashman · 31-07-2008, 09:55

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Originally Posted by andrewb

I'll have to decline, I'd ruin your business.

aint been my business fer many years cyfr, i'm more consistent- i hate em all.

Mancie · 31-07-2008, 10:05

This has to be one of the most depressing threads ever...I mean no one can win.. it's all gone tits up and looks like it will last along time..oh woe am I !

den the menace · 31-07-2008, 10:31

the thing that really worries me is who will speak on behalf of the poorest in society, they have no one to be there advocate, the more well off can speak for themselves. apart from "the postman" i dont think there is anyone in the cabinet who has had a real job, they have never had to worry about paying a gas bill, (we pay their constituancy bills) our own MP is conspicuous by his silence, NEW LABOUR has got into bed with the money mad big business class. they have been mesmerised by wealth and now supp with the devil. we need a party that can speak for the many not the few, labour is a busted flush, forever trying to out tory the tories. quite frankly they make me want to vomit.

Mancie · 31-07-2008, 10:33

fair play to den..thumbs up mate!

onlyme · 31-07-2008, 10:34

would love to see Good old Gordy try and live off the dole lol

Wynonie Harris · 31-07-2008, 10:34

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Originally Posted by den the menace

NEW LABOUR has got into bed with the money mad big business class. they have been mesmerised by wealth and now supp with the devil. we need a party that can speak for the many not the few, labour is a busted flush, forever trying to out tory the tories. quite frankly they make me want to vomit.

Hit the nail right on the head, Den. And before you start, Mancie, I think the Tories are just bad. That's why I vote Loony these days. We're doomed I tell you, doomed!!

Tin Monkey · 31-07-2008, 11:57

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Originally Posted by den the menace

NEW LABOUR has got into bed with the money mad big business class. they have been mesmerised by wealth and now supp with the devil.

Is it any surprise? How else were they ever going to get elected and re-elected two more times?

So many people crow about fairness and equality for all, with consideration for the poorest sections of society, but nobody is willing to make sacrifices for such a place. In 1992 Kinnock was odds-on to become the next PM and people said that they didn't mind a higher rate of income tax if that extra money would was spent on the NHS, etc. Everyone said it before the election, but the same people all voted for the 'tax cutting' Tories when it came down to the wire.

This is the kind of society and political system that has been created for us, and we've all played our part in feeding this beast!

Mancie · 31-07-2008, 12:28

Yes Tin Monkey..and we have a government that has lost it's soul over the last 4-5 years..we have to accept another 2 years of it..no scope.no ideas..and then we will be slam dunked with David Cameron.the new Etonion's answer to Jimmy krankie ..god help us!

cashman · 31-07-2008, 13:02

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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

Is it any surprise? How else were they ever going to get elected and re-elected two more times?

So many people crow about fairness and equality for all, with consideration for the poorest sections of society, but nobody is willing to make sacrifices for such a place.

This is the kind of society and political system that has been created for us, and we've all played our part in feeding this beast!

like ive said countless times, WHY have we got to this? never any response from certain sections is there?

Wynonie Harris · 31-07-2008, 13:09

"There is no such thing as society."...remember?