Us salary men felt the pinch 2 years ago with the poor employment market and many have already opted for going freelance and pt. Sad state of affairs but we are globalised and when US and China sneezes we catch pneumonia.

Salaries have been going down whilst prices of necessities are going up and up. Real purchasing power is falling as more is needed to buy a kilo of chicken. My household have changed their diets from meat to vegetarian so that we can cut cost.