A Subject That Both Mainstream Left & Right Can Agree On

The huge increase in energy bills. These prices do not have to be this high and in the uk another increase in Oct is going to cause unmitigated devastation to the poor and small/medium businesses.

What are peoples ideas about how to tackle this rapacious greed?

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Barny52 · 56-60, M

Don’t know perhaps a windfall tax, but i do know its going to get worse when most peoples money is being spent on keeping warm and not spread round rest of the economy .

gol979 · 41-45, M

@Barny52 heard the windfall tax idea but thats skimming around the issue imo. If government can impose a tax then they can implement laws/policy saying energy companies cannot overcharge as we need energy to survive.

Im not for government intervention but when the energy market is so controlled what other option is there. Eg of controlled market, in the uk its very difficult to change company, comparison sites have removed all energy companies and many energy companies are not accepting new customers. Something very dodgy is going on

Barny52 · 56-60, M

@gol979 perhaps it’s a cunning plan to make the poor do the jobs nobody want to do like picking fruit !! I may have to !!