With prices going up for everything from food to utility bills, are we being ripped off and are you tired of being ripped off?
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00:00The prices have gone up quite a bit in the last couple of years, so not very pleased about that.
00:05I think it's absolutely disgusting. We're not being looked after as a country when it comes to
00:10this. The rise of minimum wage is not matching the rise of the cost of living.
00:16Over the past year and a half, I've been establishing my art business, so I upcycle
00:21clothes. But because it takes a while and I want to survive, I have to give myself a standard wage.
00:27And it just means that when you put time and effort into something to make it sustainable
00:31and beautiful, it has to be more expensive. And I've really, really felt the pressure that people
00:36have felt to tighten the belts because of that. How is it fair that people are struggling to eat?
00:42Like, this problem is so wide-stretched and it feels like it's not being listened to,
00:47and it's just getting worse. We're supposed to live in a first world country, and I think we're
00:51not realising actually how far behind we are. Our people are struggling, and nothing's been
00:57done about it. It's just been made harder and harder.