Our Corrupt Government

For months now, we have had to listen to the government banging on about the recession. They say prices are rocketing and that we have less money. Now, I'm no mathematician, but surely the solution is simple, STOP PUTTING THE DAMN PRICES UP!!! The base price of things in the UK may have risen slightly, but the main things piling on the pounds are the duties and taxes that the government want to add to the price of things. They keep putting the prices up higher and higher, when the product itself has only gone up by a very small margin. The fact is, that our government, charged with our safety, security and wellbeing, seems to be far more interested in lining their own pockets, buying holiday homes and duck houses with OUR money, than in looking after our economic security.

Only this week, they announced that they expect the price of petrol to rocket up to over £1.20 per litre in April. This is not because of the petrol's actual price, but because of the duty that the government seem intent to put onto it. They seem to be blinded by greed, and cannot see that although they may be able to claim fuel expenses from the state, there are people out there who cannot afford these ludicrous price leaps that they have planned.

How many times have we heard recently, "Now we're in a recession" uttered by one or other of the government. If this is the case, why do they not stop thinking of their own pockets and start doing their jobs and protecting our wellbeing. They seem to have been corrupted by their own greed and cannot see that if they just stopped adding tax and duty to things, then we would be able to claw our way out of the recession and into a slightly more stable economic condition. Then, they could add this money on and we would be able to afford it, making it a win - win situation.

This seems to me, the most sensible option by far. After all, no matter how powerful the government believe they are, not even they can get blood out of a stone!