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收稅能量巨人并且削減燃料票據
星期六， 2008年8月2日 談論這個報告在RINF論壇 > 公司做億萬，當我們的汽油價格上升20%時，寫 Sadie魯賓遜 成千上萬人橫跨英國與高昂家庭能量票據奮鬥。 政府可能行動通過收稅油鎮痛，并且氣體變牢固，或者強加極限給價格上升。 反而它拒绝做將危害贏利的任何。 EDF能量由22%為氣體和17%上星期再提高它的價格-為電。 在平均EDF顧客看了他們的票據上升自年初33%。 英國的氣體顧客由77%張和電票據看了他們的煤氣費上升由74%自2003年以來。 這些能量公司聲稱上漲成本迫使他們提高價格。 但他們實際上使用上升的商品價格作為借口到犁耙在贏利。 這個星期石油巨商BP報道它的贏利年的前六個月增加了23%對£6.7十億。 在星期四英國的氣體，由於宣佈它的贏利，期待贏利在£100和£200百萬之間。 2007年它提高價格由一淫穢500%促進它的贏利。 Centrica，英國的氣體總公司，準備宣佈稅前贏利£880百萬為今年上半年。 在鮮明對比對這riches， 4.5百萬人民在英國已經是生存在「燃料貧窮」 -花費超過他們的收入的10%在能量上。 當能量公司繼續提高價格，一搖擺的50%設置這個圖上升。 普通人也面對上升的債務停留在價格上升頂部。 大約6.8百萬個家庭在英國在債務對他們的能量供應商。 總個人債務由平均£1現在上升百萬每五分鐘。 它也許是高度夏天，但人們已經擔心怎樣他們將生存以後的冬天。 燃料貧窮在英國導致在20,000個和50,000個人之間死亡毎冬天。 一在三個領撫卹金家庭年底以前預計在燃料貧窮。 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 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. |
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