Mike's Minute: Govt are in a fuel subsidy precedent they can't get out of
The proof in the pudding that if you hand out free stuff people become addicted, is to be found in the already alarming concerns being expressed as to how life will continue at the end of this month, and then again, at the end of March when the fuel subsidies come off.
The warning is already out from the transport people over the price of everything that’s transported, which is, well, basically everything.
Costs will have to be passed on - it's the phrase of the age.
It was always going to be that way even though petrol is cheaper now than it has been - oil is at $85 or so a barrel.
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