Let's see what the fuss is about: GST has gone up, fuel has gone up, food has gone up, power has gone up, rates have gone up, housing has gone up, whiteware has gone up, furniture has gone up. In fact not much has gone down and all this price hiking did so without a charge on commercial water use. What the dickens is the National party and the farmers on about and why are they threatening the consumers with price hikes if a charge on water is installed. I think the immature scare tactics of what may happen is a direct result to them having to pay their share in this user-pays system that they have supported for so long.

R Stewart, Te Puke.