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Old 09-06-2013, 04:04 PM   #897 (permalink)
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Dunno. Der Spiegel claims '60 years of quality journalism' but not everybody would agree.

One example:
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Originally Posted by Der Spiegel
In the near future, an average three-person household will spend about €90 a month for electricity. That's about twice as much as in 2000.
The near future, that is... say in two years?
So over a period of 15 years electricity will have doubled in price. Have I ever. So will oil, food, cars, rent; maybe not precisely, but close.

If people on benefits can't pay the energy bills because they have risen quicker than the benefits, what would really be the problem then? Lets make energy cheaper, so those people just cannot pay for something else that also got more expensive?

Der Spiegel does signal a problem, and that's good.
But it does no good to meet their critical approach without any reservations.
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