When oil was selling at US$120 a barrel the Guangzhou Government instituted a 1.00 rmb surcharge on every taxi ride. When oil dropped to US$70.00 a barrel the surcharge was removed? No Way! Almost one year later and the surcharge remains. This situation cries out for a consumer advocate, an ombudsman, to bring about an immediate termination of this outlandish tax.
This post was put up June 21, 2010. On June 24, 2010 the Guangzhou taxi surcharge was raised to 1.5 yuan with oil still at US$70 per barrel. This is unreasonable and an abuse of the consuming public.
I remember such a saying in one film:raising the price is geared to international oil price standards but remaining the price is considering the reality of China.How similar the taxi surcharge is! The taxi companies and the government have put the benefit into their pockets.Now you want them to give up the benefit?No way.Unless you get the power(not right) to order them to remove the surcharge.
The thing you have talked above is just a little thing which can reflect the real China!I LOVE MY COUNTRY,BUT I ALSO KNOWN WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO!!
The biggest reality china face is china is a developed country now.Because there are so many people.So,it needs time to solve these troubles.And it is just a time.
GOOD LUCK TO MY COUNTRY!
It’s very common in China, when the oil price in international market raise, in China the price will raise too, but when it drop the oil price in China will not drop! May be it’s a symbol of China, you will never find the same thing in other country.
Actually, my mother is upset about this phenomenon. She is an financial stuff, everytime she takes taxi, argues followed for she refuse to give that 1 RMB. At first, I don’t know why, and she would tell me that government is giving those people some pay for the rising oil, those people still want our ordinary people’s money, I don’t want to give them, those vampires! Yes, that make sense.
When the oil was selling at US$120 a barrel, I think we have the responsible to pay a 1.00 rmb surcharge, but I think 1.5 yuan surcharge at US$70 per barrel is too expensive, this is an abuse of the consuming public.
This problem is common and serious in our country,the oil price in international market depends on the market,but in China the price is control by the state through sinopec.It is a crucial problem to solve
We are in China,you know,when government appreciate the taxi,with international standard.Oil dropped and the surcharge remains,it is Chinese characteristics at this time.Just so so.
In our coutry,this is usual!Somone call it conection with the word!
In China , this phenomenon is very common,it calls arbitrary collection of fees.Even in some university ,this phenomenon can occur.people who is resposible about charging fees always use many reasons which we have never meet for charging more fees.I hate this phenomenon.It just like corruption.
As far as I know,every time the international crude oil price rises up,the oil price in gas stations will increase too.But when the international crude oil price reduces, the oil price in gas stations won’t drop.It seems so strange.However,what should we do to solve this phenomenon?We have no choice except to adapt it.May the government will mull over this situation and find out how to deal with it and make public feel more fair soon.The public just need the oil price can rise and fall with the international crude oil not only rise with the international crude oil.
EDITOR’S NOTE: THE RETAIL PRICE OF GAS IS SET BY LAW. THE WHOLESALE PRICE IS NOT. CURRENTLY GAS STATIONS ARE CLOSING BECAUSE THE GAS COSTS MORE AT WHOLESALE THAN THEY CAN SELL AT RETAIL. THERE ARE LONG LINES AT CLOSED GAS STATIONS WAITING FOR A SOLUTION.