Somewhat annoyed by this for a number of reasons, however the one that needs shouting about the most is:
"And he said he was increasing duties on alcohol, tobacco and petrol so they would remain at the price they are now."
Fair enough except:
- I don't recall him cutting taxes to keep the prices stable (can someone correct my memory)
- Wouldn't the government's costs go down as the price of a barrel falls? Therefore their need for revenue would go down too.
- This gives the feeling that the government seems to feel that the tax payers are a resource to get the maximum amount of revenue out of possible, not that they the government should place the minimum burden possible. They seem to think that the population should support the government not that the government is there to serve the population
- Regardless of all of the above, will this duty ever be removed or is this increase, unlike the VAT decrease here for good?
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