I don’t know about you but I am really displeased with the current governments handling of the austerity measures it is enforcing.  Do they not understand that life for us normal people is difficult any way?  I mean, what are they doing about such mass unemployment and rising prices?  How can people expect to cope with these ever mounting stresses put upon them?  If the government can not create jobs then they need to keep prices low.  Create more jobs and I wouldn’t mind costs going up a little – after all, people could afford to pay.

Take for example Oslosa, my favourite place to shop in town.  Due to such high prices the poor fellow that runs it has had to cease trading, but only his bricks and mortar business.  Luckily for him he has a website and a loyal following so he has been able to carry on – to some degree anyway.  I just hope he can get through these hard times and reopen again in the future.  I did chat with him before he shut up shop and he said the rents were just too high and any profit he did make was quickly sucked up by the government in the form of some new tax.  Why can’t they give these small business owners a break?!!