Expect steeper electricity prices

Everything keeps going up :mad:

We're being squeezed and the fat cats at the top just keeps on squeezing :mad:

They'll squeeze too long and too hard, then they'll get a rebellion.
 
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I don't get it. I pay a boatload of tax every month. Doesn't guv give a part of that tax money to eishkom to provide power?

Why should I pay extra for my electricity?

Oja, I forgot. guv keeps the money in their sticky hands and you and me have to pay extra tax for schooling, water, electricity, transport, health care, security, etc, etc, etc...
 
We have to pay for schools, because public schools are crap.
We have to pay for toll roads, because public roads are crap.
We have to pay property tax, because who knows why...
We have to pay for medical, because public hospitals are crap.
We have to pay for car licences, because who knows why...
We have to pay for ID, passport, because who knows why...
We have to....
We have to....

Why do I pay income tax?
... to pay for mafia (Selebi) trials
... mecedes' for politicians
... rapist trials (Zuma)
... sleeping MDs (Icasa)
 
You forgot: Security because the police are crap.


Anyways - electrical increase is moot - R100 per unit for 0 units is still zero.
:D
 
Moederloos said:
You forgot: Security because the police are crap.


Anyways - electrical increase is moot - R100 per unit for 0 units is still zero.
:D
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What it comes down to is that I must carry 100 poor people. Would have been 200 if it was not for corruption.

I say, drop all taxes. Increase VAT. That way everybody pays. No complicated forms.

Obviously bread and milk and maze and all those, will stay VAT free.
Luxury items may have even higher VAT.

All problems solved.
 
johandutoit2000 said:
What it comes down to is that I must carry 100 poor people. Would have been 200 if it was not for corruption.

I say, drop all taxes. Increase VAT. That way everybody pays. No complicated forms.

Obviously bread and milk and maze and all those, will stay VAT free.
Luxury items may have even higher VAT.

All problems solved.
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And no VAT on services I need to pay for that should have been covered.
Like medical Aid.
 
Moederloos said:
And no VAT on services I need to pay for that should have been covered.
Like medical Aid.
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Yes. My thoughts are that with everybody paying VAT, gov would be able to upgrade services to an acceptable level.

They won't do it of course, because all the corrupt officails at SARS needs a job.
 
its sickening how much tax you pay - road tax, vat, paye, tax of petrol, tax on interest - at the end of the day you only get like 5c for every rand you earn. The rest goes to tax! Dunno about everyone else but getting seriously gatvol!

Everything seems to go up, interest rates, fuel, telkom prices, food and now eishkom. The yearly salary increases we get aren't even remotely enough to cover the increases.

Were getting more and more poorer each year - and things are getting more and more darker.
 
gregmcc said:
its sickening how much tax you pay - road tax, vat, paye, tax of petrol, tax on interest - at the end of the day you only get like 5c for every rand you earn. The rest goes to tax! Dunno about everyone else but getting seriously gatvol!

Everything seems to go up, interest rates, fuel, telkom prices, food and now eishkom. The yearly salary increases we get aren't even remotely enough to cover the increases.

Were getting more and more poorer each year - and things are getting more and more darker.
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I want to stay in SA, but have decided to get immigration pre-clearance for Australia. They ad you to a database. That way when I am forced to, I can leave quickly.

http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/applicants.htm
 
what a depressing situation. It may be time to jet off to another country. Maybe a 2 year contract in London?
 
For a country whose vast majority relies entirely on the ability to generate wealth of the small minority for survival, our government sure isn't making that small minority feel wanted.

What would happen to SA if a fair number of those who actually generate wealth decided to up and leave for a country where they are not constantly milked to support the useless?
 
icyrus said:
For a country whose vast majority relies entirely on the ability to generate wealth of the small minority for survival, our government sure isn't making that small minority feel wanted.

What would happen to SA if a fair number of those who actually generate wealth decided to up and leave for a country where they are not constantly milked to support the useless?
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they'd say leave. And when we leave we all know what will happen.
 
johandutoit2000 said:
Only a problem if you are a farmer.
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Actually, Lib is right.

I am put off Oz for that reason. It is seriously bad **** there drought wise.

They are becoming a desert - fast.
They have no outside source of water, and farming problems affect everything.
People migrate to cities, food prices increase and exports dwindle.
 
Moederloos said:
Actually, Lib is right.

I am put off Oz for that reason. It is seriously bad **** there drought wise.

They are becoming a desert - fast.
They have no outside source of water, and farming problems affect everything.
People migrate to cities, food prices increase and exports dwindle.
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aaag .... they have always had a drought. You can find problems with all countries. Just avoid the countries that are going down quickest. Australia is very far from the top of that list. S.A. is propably top 10.
 
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