Its a shame the wages don't go up along with the price increases, it makes me laugh you might get a 10$ a week rise yet everything goes up well over that like power/gas/water let alone food!
But I think now people's mind-sets have changed...so they blame smokers & drinkers for everything...all the extra expenses on healthcare etc...& that kind of makes the govt look OK to hike the prices up on these things.
Maybe they're right...I dunno...
(I wouldn't mind taxing some of these politicians' wages, though)