Like most people I understand when I am getting a raw deal.

I have come to realise that we the citizens of this country are here to get screwed and there is nothing we can do about it.

From the council tax to the TV licence those who work for a living pay and then pay some more.

I got my gas bill this week and they hit me for a whopping £179.35.

And this in the middle of a summer when the last thing I am going to do is use the gas.

On top of that the mobile phone people charged me £78.67 for making calls I swear I didn't make.

It was itemised though, but how on earth are you supposed to remember who you called and when?

Apparently it is £35 to have the first 5,000 minutes free, and then a zillion pence a minute for any calls made after that.

Then they have this additional charges thing that no one understands but like idiots we pay it anyway.

What infuriates the hard-working man even more is the smug friend who claims he has 2,000 free minutes with which he can call anyone in the world.

He can even call people in outer space if he wants and it's all free...yes free!

And how much does he pay? £25 a month and on top of that he gets a brand new phone and 3,000 free texts.

I dare not drive anywhere anymore because I know somewhere down the line I am going to be done over.

There are old people and policemen hiding on country lanes with speed cameras with only one thing in mind.

To take my money off me.

Petrol prices have gone up even though my country has now got its hands on the second biggest oil reserves in the world.

If we are not getting ripped off by the phone and gas people there is always someone else trying to make money off us.

Why should I have to pay for the privilege of going to the hospital?

Have these people no shame?

I am not going to the hospital because I like going the hospital.

Unlike shopping or kerb-crawling, it is forced upon me.

So why should I have to fork out £1.50 to park for up to three hours?

I envisage in 20 years they will put parking meters up outside everyone's house.

Why?

Because they want to screw the working man.