Father Jacks Drinking pal
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lol i love questions that ask the all so mighty question... why do we pay so much.. and the answer is simple.... and the same as all the why do we pay so much questions.
It is my friend because of the governments greed and the fact that they do not want normal people like us to become powerful or rich in any way shape or form... Just like having a dog on a leash... your in control of the poor animal, you decide how much freedom it has and how much it eats... the Governments of the world act the very same way by keeping our pockets next to empty they are controlling us and restricting our movements, Could carry on here but its a well know en fact that Answers is always watched by the people in power and if someone is too outspoken well bobs your uncle game over as it has been noted in history. |
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Spotlight
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That's not the only thing. This little island has consumer captives and we are all exploited at every turn.. |
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Ruphus B Tripehound
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so the foo kin politicians can earn £250.000 a year |
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Charley Farley Is VERY ANGRY!!!
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Because we are whining sheep who bleet on about it, but no one will stand up and make their voices heard.
If all motorists totally boycotted a particular petrol supplier each month, you'd soon seen them at least putting pressure on the government to think about the amount of duty applied to fuel.
Not to mention that once again, Gordon Brown has scr*wed the public by implementing a yearly increase in petrol duty, based on an ever booming economy, with no contingency for a downturn or recession. So now everything has gone up in price and we are feeling the petrol prices even more. The man was the worst Chancellor this country has ever had, he's managed to turn the longest economic boom period this country has had into an albatross around our necks by not putting a single penny aside for a rainy day.. well Gorden, it's PI**ING down outside.. |
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gavmel259
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We should be thinking of bringing the country to a standstill, Just as we did with the fuel protests of September 2000. |
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katie30
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our government are greedy b&^%$£"s. simple as. most of our taxes are going on expenses. if not why are they fighting for secrecy. this country has gone to the dogs. |
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chris
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TAX |
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Tango
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We pay more for petrol now because since the smoking ban, the government have lost a lot of revenue due to people quitting smoking. They have to raise taxes elsewhere and they know that there are more drivers than smokers so the government are on a winner. So now, even more revenue is being received in compensation of the lost tobacco revenue. It's just another excuse though that we can do nothing about. |
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confused
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I don't know but its getting stupid now, thats what i think. |
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adam d®
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Look up fuel tax escalator in wikipedia |
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Sandee
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Because of G R E E D |
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nannywho
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TAX,TAX, AND MORE TAX |
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nana .know it all
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we pay much to much for everything in the UK just the other day I cancelled my car insurance they wanted 58 quid when I challanged them they dropped it to a 30 quid cancellation fee HOW ON EARTH can the justify what they were going to charge (sorry about the rant) |
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greenandred
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how much does it cost per litre in the uk? in ireland its averaging at around 118c per litre for unleaded and thats in euros. |
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jackie m
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In Glasgow £1.06 per litre. |
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tomato
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Its because everything else has gone up and the government wants to be greedy, the us petrol doesn't cost as much as the UK. |
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jimmyroamer
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In what way, the question is not clear even if some of the answers seem to think it is.
The UK has higher diesel prices than many countries although petrol prices in the main are comparable taking into account currency fluctuations.
Diesel is higher for a number of reasons, one the product is more expensive to produce, secondly the Govt does not believe in reducing the taxes on diesel like other countries do as they see it as a more dangerous polluting product than petrol in that the particulates in the exhaust fumes are carcinogenic and finally the taxes on all fuels are used to cross subsidise various areas of government spending. This latter point means that fuel taxes are used to pay for all the services that we the citizens receive from the state which cannot be funded solely from income, capital gains and all the other taxes we pay.
The price of fuel can be reduced by the simple expedient of reducing the amount of money government spends on delivering services and benefits. So for example if we moved to an American model whereby those who can pay buy medical insurance and those who can't die, then we could get rid of the National Health Service (£100 billion/annum). We could also increase the number of fee paying schools and only provide basic sink school education this would save a significant sum also. And lets not forget we pull all our military back to the UK and stop spending money on them. That would save a few billion as well. |
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largslassie
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Because we voted in politicians whose taxation policy is directed against the motorist.
If you are not happy vote for a different person to represent your interests in Parliament |
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Bring'em Down
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Just paid 129.9p per litre Diesel, by this time next year Jan 2012 we will be lucky to see any change from £2 per litre. On average 81% of each litre of fuel sold goes directly to the Governments coffers in Duty & Taxes, that is daylight robbery in any language the eventual amount is so much it is unimaginable . Don't forget the Road Fund Tax of an average of £150 Billion a year, TV Licencing at at a whopping £40 billion plus a year, and not forgetting that little 5% insurance tax everybody pays on the car insurance policies. It might not seem a lot at 5% but once you add them all together their into the billions again. What a bunch of no good c%&?. |
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