Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
Same thing in this country now, people are having to cut back on food so they can still afford the fags & booze......I do hope Africa will have a whip-round for them
Amazing how the dole scroungers always manage to have fags and booze while the rest of us can't afford such indulgences. (Not that I want fags,Yuk, disgusting!) I resent paying over £2 for a beer, now it's over £3 and the pubs wonder why they're losing business! I don't go to pubs anymore. Me, the missus and the kids, two drinks each- that's £25 gone!!

So if less people drink, the government lose tax and duty revenue, so they'll put it up to claw it back, so people can afford it even less--vicious circle?

..And back to fags..At what price will smokers deem it too expensive to smoke? Apparently they're nearly £6 for 20. If they were £20 for 20, would that stop people? Personally I'd just ban them. Pussy governments scared of losing more tax revenue.