RINF.COM: DIE BRECHENDE NACHRICHTEN ALTERNATIVE

Samstag, den 2. August 2008
RINF Forum
Brechen von Nachrichten | Forum | BRITISCHE Nachrichten | USA Nachrichten | Weltnachrichten | Politische Nachrichten | Sci-Tech-Nachrichten | Krieg-u. Terrorismus-Nachrichten | Sport-Nachrichten | Multimedia | Stellen Sie homepage ein
BRECHEN VON NACHRICHTEN
NEUES RINF FORUM!

Besteuern Sie die Energieriesen und schneiden Sie Kraftstoffrechnungen

Samstag, den 2. August 2008
Besprechen Sie diesen Report in den RINF Foren >

Korporationen bilden Milliarden, während unsere Kraftstoffpreise über 20 Prozent steigen, schreibt Sadie Robinson

Millionen Leute über Großbritannien kämpfen mit hochfliegenden Haushalt Energierechnungen. Die Regierung könnte fungieren, um die Schmerz zu erleichtern, indem sie öl besteuerte und Gas macht fest, oder das Auferlegen einer Begrenzung Preis steigt. Stattdessen lehnt es ab, alles zu tun, das Profite schädigen würde.

EDF Energie warf seine Preise wieder letzte Woche - durch 22 Prozent für Gas und 17 Prozent für Elektrizität auf. Auf durchschnittlichem EDF haben Kunden ihren Rechnungen Aufstieg vorbei über 33 Prozent da der Anfang des Jahres gesehen. Britische Gaskunden haben ihren Gasrechnungen Aufstieg durch 77 Prozent- und Elektrizitätsrechnungen durch 74 Prozent seit 2003 gesehen.

Diese Energiefirmen behaupten, daß steigende Kosten sie zwingen, Preise aufzuwerfen. Aber tatsächlich verwenden sie steigende Rohstoffpreise als Entschuldigung zur Rührstange in den Profiten.

Dieses Woche öl riesiges BP berichtete, daß seine Profite für die ersten sechs Monate des Jahres um 23 Prozent auf £6.7 Milliarde zugenommen hatten.

Das britische Gas, passend, seine Profite am Donnerstag zu verkünden, erwartet Profite zwischen von £100 und von £200 Million. 2007 warf es Preise auf, um seine Profite durch ein obszönes 500 Prozent aufzuladen.

Centrica, die Muttergesellschaft des britischen Gases, erwartet, Vorsteuer-Gewinne von £880 Million für die erste Hälfte dieses Jahres zu verkünden.

Im scharfen Kontrast zu diesen riches, über 4.5 Million Leuten in Großbritannien leben bereits, wenn „Kraftstoffarmut“ - mehr als 10 Prozent ihres Einkommens auf Energie aufwendend. Diese Abbildung wird eingestellt, um zu steigen durch ein schwankendes 50 Prozent, während Energiefirmen halten, Preise aufzuwerfen.

Normale Leute stellen auch steigende Schuld gerade gegenüber, um auf die Preisaufstiege zu bleiben. Herum 6.8 Million Haushalte in Großbritannien sind in der Schuld zu ihrem Energielieferanten. Persönliche totalschuld erhöht jetzt sich um einen Durchschnitt £1 Million alle fünf Minuten.

Es kann auf der Höhe des Sommers sein, aber bereits sorgen sich Leute um, wie sie der kommende Winter überleben.

Kraftstoffarmut führt zu die Todesfälle von zwischen 20.000 und 50.000 Leuten in Großbritannien jeder Winter. Über einem in drei Pensionär werden Haushalte erwartet, in der Kraftstoffarmut Ende des Jahres zu sein.

Centrica’s managing director Jake Ulrich – who receives a salary of £1,033,000 a year – admits that fuel price rises are “going to hit people hard”. Fortunately he has advice for how people can soften the blow – they should wear “two jumpers instead of one”.

The bosses and the government are completely removed from the reality of life for ordinary people.

The government votes to keep lavish expenses for MPs – but it refuses to implement even the most minor measures that could limit the hardship faced by ordinary people.

The parliamentary business and enterprise committee has investigated the energy market in light of the current crisis.

But its conclusion is that the market is not functioning efficiently enough and that we need more “liberalisation”.

In the face of the massive political crisis that Gordon Brown now faces, some argue that he is simply a victim of a global economic recession that is pushing up the cost of living.

The massive unpopularity of New Labour following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and its constant neoliberal attacks on working people is conveniently forgotten. Brown is portrayed as powerless in the face of the global economy.

Response

It is true that energy and food price rises are fuelling anger with the government. But what people are really angry about is the government’s response.

Brown is not powerless. There are many things he could do to ease the burden on working class people. He could implement a windfall tax on the energy companies. He could increase corporation tax. He could impose a limit on the amount that firms can raise energy prices.

But instead of this New Labour has repeatedly cut corporation tax, which currently stands at just 28 percent.

The People Before Profit Charter puts forward demands that would stop ordinary people sinking deeper into poverty.

As well as the demands to tax corporate profits, the charter calls for an end to Brown’s 2 percent pay limit on public sector workers, the abolition of tax on fuel and energy for old people and the poor, and the restoration of the link between state pensions and average earnings.

New Labour is doing none of these things because it defends the interests of the rich and business.

Making sure that workers don’t pay for the crisis means building resistance on the ground. The People Before Profit Charter can help mobilise that resistance.



Discuss this report in the RINF forums >

Have Your Say: Tax the energy giants and cut fuel bills

RSS TrackBack URL

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 pm and is filed under Contributions & Guests . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Translations
Translate to EnglishÜbersetzen Sie zum Deutsch/GermanПереведите к русскому/RussianΜεταφράστε στα ελληνικά/GreekVertaal aan het Nederlands/Dutchترجمة الى العربية/Arabic中文翻译/Chinese Traditional中文翻译/Chinese Simplified한국어에게 번역하십시오/Korean日本語に翻訳しなさい /JapaneseTraduza ao Português/PortugueseTraduca ad Italiano/ItalianTraduisez au Français/FrenchTraduzca al Español/Spanish Free Newsletter

Related News

Network This Report

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Technorati
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Slashdot
  • Reddit
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Spurl
  • Fark
  • Netscape

Email This Page To A Friend
Latest Headlines

Archive
TOP NEWS DISCUSSIONS
LATEST NEWS DISCUSSIONS
LATEST FORUM TOPICS
Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence

Trading away the Planet for Profits

Reversing mass imprisonment

Bush must be stopped before starting war with Iran

Amnesty claims its website is being blocked

Rights Groups: Peacekeepers Not Doing Enough for Darfur Civilians

BNP Clive Jefferson, YouTube, and incitement to violence

British NASA hacker to face U.S. trial

Movie Makers Want Control Of Your TV

Nancy Pelosi Hasn’t Been Paying Attention

Mick Meaney commented on:
RINF Film Screening: A World Without Cancer
Hi Len, You should contact G. Edward Griffin and ask his permission. He allowed us to...
Continue Reading & Reply

Dave - Phoenix commented on:
Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence
This article is on the money. Electric cars are the key to foreign oil...
Continue Reading & Reply

Vommitus commented on:
Bush must be stopped before starting war with Iran
The US should stop producing WARS and poverty and weapons, and sponsoring world wide...
Continue Reading & Reply

Pat commented on:
Is this the End of Antibiotics?
I believe antibiotics might be the major couse of all the digestive disorders today. I would like there to be...
Continue Reading & Reply

RSS Forum Posts Temp Offline - See Latest Forum Posts
Activism & Protest News | Business News | Civil & Human Rights News | Environmental News | Media News | Globalisation News | Web Development News
ADVERTISEMENTS
SITE MAPS
Web Desing & Hosting UK , USA, Europe

WOWEB - Web Design

FAST GATEWAY - Web Hosting

INFOTX - Web Hosting Guides and Resources


ASHLEY GUEST HOUSE - Morecambe Guest House


Skin up marijuana cannabis weed forum
Linux Web Hosting

Never Be Lied To Again!

Subliminal Secrets Exposed

Holographic Creation: Your Own Reality


Masonic Secrets Revealed


What You Aren't Supposed To Know
7/7 Afghanistan Alternative-Energy Art BBC Big-Brother Bilderberg Biometrics Bush CIA Climate-Change Cover-Up Cults Culture Database-State David-Hicks David-Ray-Griffin Democrats Demos Drugs Education Entertainment Environmental News EU False-Flag FBI Fraud Free-Speech Freemasons G8 Globalization Guantanamo Health-News History ID-Cards Internet Iran Iraq Israel Law Marches MI5 MI6 Microsoft Military MoD Money Music NASA Neocons NSA Oil Pakistan Podcast Police-State Propaganda RFID RINF Rumsfeld Science Secrecy Security Slavery Space Sports Spying Stephen-Lendman Technology Terrorism Tony-Blair Torture TV UK-News UN USA-News Video Voting Warfare White-House Wolfowitz World-News Yahoo
2003 - 2005 Archives | 2005 - 2007 Archives | 2007 - 2008 Archives | Current Archives | Past Version
About | DVD Store | Opinion | Reviews | Special Guests | Webmasters
The views expressed in the RINF news wire and newsletter are the sole responsibility of the author (s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the webmaster.
RINF.COM: Breaking News & Alternative Media is Copyleft - Copy & Distribute Freely. News Forum