Darling says we are all ‘pissed off with the Labour party’!
I think it’s great when the chancellor says things like ‘pissed off’, it keeps things in simple terms. People in the government and even in business tend to over complicate things by using unnecessary jargon.
I think he’s right though. People are getting pissed off with the Labour party. This is due to the fact they don’t seem to be doing anything whatsoever to help the general public through this so called ‘credit crunch’ and ever rising food, oil and energy prices.
I personally believe that the economy won’t start stablising itself until we are all saving a bit more money in our savings accounts, especially the younger generations. Until house prices come down to an average of 4 or 5 times the average income (around £140,000) and there is a good amount of 20 to 30 year olds with a £15,000 deposit then banks won’t start lending consistently again. This could take 5 years or even more.
The government is doing relatively NOTHING to help.
- Why not cut top up fees for students?
- Why not give a tax break on fuel?
- Why not investigate fully why energy companies are putting up their prices so much and having million pound parties to celebrate their record profits?
Why not do something? People need a break.
Students…fear not. We can get through this and come out of university in a good state of affairs. With a little savvy and saving then everything will be okay. Don’t stress : )
Tags: Alistair Darling, grrr, Labour party, savings accounts
September 16th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Why not give a tax break on fuel? - If the government gave a tax break on fuel for even a month, it would lose so much revenue that it would have a huge affect public services such as the NHS and police force. They would start having to lay off nurses and police men, which in turn would mean more people claiming benefits and less people paying taxes.
This would in turn mean people would have less money, and will be in no position to save. More people would then struggle to pay off their debts and go bankrupt. Meaning creditors will lose huge sums of money, meaning that they will be less willing to lend money to people without a perfect credit rating.
I could go on and on.