Please allow me some space to vent my frustration. I recently received my G.E.B.E. bill with the new tariff. I decided to recalculate my bill according to the old tariff and came to the conclusion that I have saved the tremendous amount of USD 8.00!!!!
We had an increase in the turnover tax which caused a price hike on many items, the gas prices went up and the people got frustrated with the ridiculous electricity prices. Icing on the cake were the many power outages causing damages to household equipment and the news that this milking cow that we call G.E.B.E. made a profit of 20 million guilders while having huge energy and water losses.
At that point in time the National Alliance had tabled a motion to have the G.E.B.E. bills cut in half for a certain period of time. Of course, the sheep in the other parties voted against. Reason for voting against was that "they were working on a proposal their selves". The only alternative what I know of are the letters to G.E.B.E. demanding to adjust the fuel clause. For the rest: Nothing!!! Again!!! No delivery!!! Neither did the NA made a next effort to make something happen for the people.
At the moment I have a fridge which I put on the porch, because it isn't functioning anymore. After one of the outages the fridge didn't came back to life. Can I proof that it is because of the outages? No. Will repairs be paid by anyone else than me? No. My washing machine as well as my dryer needed fixing twice thanks to the outages of G.E.B.E. Could I proof that the damages occurred by the power outages? No. Did anybody else pay for the repairs than me? No.
So, now I have extra costs because of a malfunctioning electricity company who is also thieving my money on a monthly basis, I have to deal with increased prices all over the place because of the increase of the ToT, gas prices gone through the roof and I took notice of the intended increase of government price controlled bread by Ang 0,50 and my relief over the month is USD 8.00? Are you serious? Should I be grateful? Hell no!! I am glad that I have a decent paid job, but why do I have the feeling that I am only working hard and I am paying for other people's incompetence? What about my fellow citizens who might no be as fortunate as me?
I just want to express my disgust for the non-representation of those clowns who call their selves parliamentarians whose sole purpose of living seem to be to gather as much money from hard working people and not do a d*@n thing their selves!!!
I am just saying: Dun Wid It!!
Have a great day,
Sjaoel "Shooz" Richardson