Not wanting to sound like an increasingly old man, but bloody hell why has everything become so expensive?! It's just come from nowhere, and I know, rise in VAT blah blah but 2.5% here and there is nothing compared to the increases.
For example, train tickets, every year they go up more and more, I don't know how they can justify it. My local train station in leeds (Garforth Station) to Leeds City Centre in 2008 it cost £1.80 for a return ticket, rising to £2.40 in 2009, £2.70 in 2010 and now a whole £3 in 2011, all for a 10 minute train journey. Crazy. Then Leeds to Derby, after the new year when coming back to University the price is now £9 more per journey, making going home look a lot less appealing. I know the price of oil has risen and the average level of inflation takes places, but £9 extra PER customer PER journey? No thanks.
Now I looked at inflation charts to see what could be taken from them, all that happened is a headache, too confusing, the only thing of note is that inflation is up .6% from december 2010, and if we don't wish to go into hyper inflation the Bank of England will need to raise the interest rates from the historically low 0.5% which have been in place since May last year.
In conclusion, I dont know why everything is a rip off, but it is, the facts and figures are too much for me to stomach though. Rant over.
Now I looked at inflation charts to see what could be taken from them, all that happened is a headache, too confusing, the only thing of note is that inflation is up .6% from december 2010, and if we don't wish to go into hyper inflation the Bank of England will need to raise the interest rates from the historically low 0.5% which have been in place since May last year.
In conclusion, I dont know why everything is a rip off, but it is, the facts and figures are too much for me to stomach though. Rant over.
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