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I heard the chancellor was going bring in a fuel duty regulator to keep pump prices steady ..
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Drove from norf to sarf wales today and most of the remote petrol sites normally load more wonga than supermarkets nearly matching their prices, maybe the supermarkets are milking the situation?
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As oil prices reached an all-time high, experts forecast the cost of petrol could hit an average of £1.21 per litre within months.
Over the next two years it could even climb as high as £1.46, they said.
Petrol currently costs an average of £1.13 per litre following a month of almost daily price rises.
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Crude oil was at $1.47 per barrel in 2008, yet the pump prices weren't this high! We are being conned! Fleeced! and Robbed! Then the oil companies will announce record profits!
Something will have to break soon!
Craig
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Don`t be blaming the Oil companies for this, excise duty on a gallon of fuel is 82% of the cost.
We all know that excise duty is high but what is the alternative? A rise in income tax? We have to face it that the income the Treasury needs (at whatever level that is and whichever party is in power) has to be found somewhere.
If it is not to be found by borrowing (which we all know is at too high a level already) it has to be raised from taxation, whether we like it or not. Whether that tax is raised from duty of fuel or in any other way matters not one jot. In the main, the same people are going to end up paying it anyway.
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We all know that excise duty is high but what is the alternative? A rise in income tax? We have to face it that the income the Treasury needs (at whatever level that is and whichever party is in power) has to be found somewhere.
If it is not to be found by borrowing (which we all know is at too high a level already) it has to be raised from taxation, whether we like it or not. Whether that tax is raised from duty of fuel or in any other way matters not one jot. In the main, the same people are going to end up paying it anyway.
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Sorry Graham, but a load of tosh.
What you forget is the people like me, I have to watch the pennies very very carefully at present like most I suppose. What does that mean? well let me tell you. Instead of driving the dog to a park for a walk, I wont I will walk from home. Instead of dropping the kids at Judo, driving back, and then returning to pick them up, I will wait with a book for a couple of hours. Instead of booking rallies accross the other side of the country, I wont, I will book close to home.
Result, I am spending less on fuel than ever as I am having to think long and hard about every journey.
Consequence, the Government is getting LESS money in revenue not more ad you advertise.
Buisness suffers, because profits fall, or Prices increase, meaning even higher inflation, the economy slows in a time that we can least afford it.
Get rid of the ridiculous taxation increase Halve it and increase use of the car resulting in the treasury keeping it's income.
Before the environmentalists jump on (surprised if we have one on a gas guzzling forum) India and China don't give a hoot about it and there economies are growing at an alarming rate compared to ours.
Yeah, isnt dog crap associated with blindness in kids or something?
all dogs should be licensed, the cost of that to reflect posession of an unneccessary (luxury) item.
Licensing could reflect the size of the dog, eg. The bigger the dog, the larger the licence fee.
Not unreasonable?
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Sorry Graham, but a load of tosh.
What you forget is the people like me, I have to watch the pennies very very carefully at present like most I suppose. What does that mean? well let me tell you. Instead of driving the dog to a park for a walk, I wont I will walk from home. Instead of dropping the kids at Judo, driving back, and then returning to pick them up, I will wait with a book for a couple of hours. Instead of booking rallies accross the other side of the country, I wont, I will book close to home.
Result, I am spending less on fuel than ever as I am having to think long and hard about every journey.
(snip)
If this were so, pet foods, accessories, etc. would attract VAT at the current 20% rate.
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