"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Mary Fisher
writes

But why shouldn't we pay for what we use?

Mary


Yes I'm not arguing that we shouldn't pay for what we actually use. What I
said was that each unit at the moment is being priced low enough to be
appealing. People will think that they will save money as average bills
will be low.
When everyone is on a meter or enough that makes no difference, the water
companies can double or treble the price per unit as they see fit and you
will be paying a lot more for your water than you thought!

We might be paying a true price. Water is a valuable and essential asset.

After all, as people install meters they will arguably be using LESS water
thus the amount of income generated will be reduced as water use is
reduced. This means the companies will have to charge more per unit to get
their investment and their profit returns.

er, well, I thought I knew what I meant................

LOL!

The poll tax was based on per unit of consumption, (i.e. per adult) and
that didn't go down too well!

We haven't had a poll tax for centuries!

Mary