I’m a Pundit

I can’t help but wonder to myself how Alistair Darling came into power in England, We are talking about a man who seems to have no sense of the fact that the economy rises and falls, that inflation goes up and down 

Infact Mr Darling and Gordon Brown, in true US style have spent so long shooting down the small temporary inflations and minor economic downturns, all while spending the money the Conservatives saved to keep the country afloat, that they have built up to a massive tidal wave that could quite possible be the next economic depression.

I am having trouble coming to terms with the fact that Mr Darling can refuse to talk with public sector union officials after giving them a below inflation pay rise, chiding the workers of the UK for wanting enough money to live on, when one of the major reasons for the recession is labours insane levels of taxation, which rather than fostering businesses and prosperity to bring in revenue have instead focused on taxing more for more money.  If there is any lesson learnt throughout history it’s that the damage this causes to small businesses and the vulnerable is catastrophic.

Already bankruptcies in the UK are at an all time high, this is not down to consumer spending going down, its to do with increased fuel prices, increased business tax rates and a multitude of red tape laws strangling small business.

Mean while our Gordon Brown is busy licking the old American mud rim, while George Bush is sat their wondering if Tony Blair has been at the pies a bit too much recently and had a mild heart attack.

I really wish we had a party in power that wasn’t full of privately schooled, out of touch wankers who have been trained as Politicians and seem to live in a world that is mostly constructed within their own mind.

written by Oli \\ tags: Alistair Darling, Depression, Downturn, Economy, Gordon Brown

Today all the papers were in uproar about the 2p increase in fuel taxes in England (Which several months ago they were thanking gordon brown for postponing till later in the year).  Gordon brown proceeded to say that taxes were not the problem but that the cost of Fuel Globally must be tackled.

Now, hang on a second Gordon. The average price of fuel in 2007 was 95.1p per litre, thats high yes, but not as high as the 63.7p Duty which is included in that cost.

Without Gordons tax, which at one point drove Fuel Duty to 81.5% of fuel cost, we would be paying a measly 31.4 pence per litre in fuel.

Now What Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling do not seem to want to take into account is that the myriad of taxes in this country has stifled our economy.  Fuel Costs especially have destroyed many businesses as their costs have rose above customer income.  Taxis, once a fairly good way of getting around have seen prices sky rocket, and transportation companies are failing nationwide.

But yet despite the current take government is getting from Fuel, well over two thirds of what you pay at the pump, high fuel prices are apparently not Gordons Fault.

Think of it like this,  if everything you took to the till tripled in cost when you paid for it would you be happy?

Hell No!

When you looked at the price on your goods and then asked the cashier why the cost was 3 times that of the actualy price what wouldyou think if she said it was the basic cost rising, even though she was the one who put the cost up by so much?

While I am not a vindictive person it is fairly obvious even to me that the people running the UK need to take a good long hard look at themselves and then jump off the nearest cliff.

written by Oli \\ tags: Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, Politics, Tax