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NutmegCT

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In the last two years -

My electric rate has doubled - and the company's net profits have tripled.
My heating oil price has gone up 50% - and the company's net profits have doubled.
My home insurance premium has tripled as the home's value has decreased.
My property tax has increased 50% - while dozens of new homes are built here by "non profit developers" - so they're tax exempt.
My car insurance premium has doubled.
I've had to "subscribe for free" to read nearly every internet web news site I use - and now they're adding "News Plus!" - which charges $2.99-5.99/mo to read the actual news articles.
My local and regional newspapers have tripled their subscription rates - and cover very little local and regional news. $300 to $500/yr for a daily print newspaper; weekend only is now only available as a digital service.

And while the local TV stations add more commercials to cover "additional costs", they now have five to seven people on the "weather team". Two or three of which stand in the rain, snow, or summer heat describing the rain, snow, or summer heat. And the forecast comes from the national weather service central forecasting office.

Good grief.

How do you guys handle all that?

Thanks.
Tom M.
 
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Grantura_MKI said:
Don’t complain….you should see the prices in Cali!
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Thanks. In your neck of the woods (and Hawaii and Alaska) the prices have long been through the roof, even before the climate/weather damages.

But did the prices jump 50 to 100% in just two years?

yeesh!
 
Same here in the UK. Used to pay 85a month. Leave heating on 24/7. Now it's 150 a month for couple hrs in the morning couple hrs at night
 
I see the same thing here in the midwest. Along with it city councils who want more and more money for "fun" things they want. They're talking about billions for new/upgraded professional sport stadiums, convention center and stuff to make the city a "world class tourist destination", yet allow roads/bridges and other public use infrastructure to be neglected. The paper here covers mostly "human interest" subjects and costs $40 a week, which I stopped reading except for the Sunday edition years ago. My property tax has doubled and they talk about how they need so much more. And every week, stuff in the mail and cold calls wanting to buy the house by investment types telling me I can rent it back and not worry about any costs. Of course the taxes/repairs/other are figured into the rent so you are paying. Plus gee, why own something when you can spend the rest of your life paying someone else to have a roof over your head. OK, enough ranting...
 
It gets worse.
The council tax we pay is for emptying bins, street lights and god knows what else.
Last year was 150 a month for the three bins. General rubbish. Tins and plastic. Garden waste. this year 180 a month and now they want an extra 1 pound a week for the garden bin. 50 a year Only collected once a fortnight. Only gets used during the summer. 6 months of the year there's nothing to put in it. So they got told to sod off. I'll compost it or burn it like we used to.
 
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