Originally Posted by
Lee Reynolds
The country wont run itself. Tax is a must get used to it and shut up about tax. What needs to be done is fule companies profits capped to be able to trade in this country as it fucking stinks what they make! How many billion did shell make? And such as British Gas saying the cost must go up, then report a 571 million profit! its this that stinks not the fact that the government Tax us....its here to stay! If they drop fuel tax theyll get it from somewhere else!
Why?
British companies that employ British people - why would you want to cap their profits, especially when hardly any of their profit comes from the petrol stations.
As for the British Gas profit, the same also applies. That's a pre-tax profit figure, and a large percentage of the profit comes from exploration and company consolidation. In fact, British Gas actually makes a loss with domestic customers over the six month period including the summer.