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Penny Booth: Beware of the hidden charges

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Date:18 MAY 2010

Beware of the hidden charges

Penny BoothCurrent financial constraints and howling of a political nature cannot be missed this week... the politicians are back in town. I love them really - after all who'd be a politician? All that work and nobody likes you really; all those hard decisions to make and the impact on one's own family too. Let's watch out for changes in law and policy that impact on families in ways in which we might not expect.

Here's a little story illustrative of the general impact for the family that I would like the politicians to consider as they decide what needs to be cut to pay back the credit card so wantonly used over the last few decades. Before any votes are taken about cutbacks I would like the politicians to consider in the same way they want us to consider that things have to be paid for (indeed they do)...

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