VOIpini: Prices Of Basic Needs Rise, People Spend Deeper

VOIpini: Prices of Basic Needs Rise, People Spend More. (VOI Video graphics team)

JAKARTA - This year has been a tough year for the people. Cooking oil is rare, if any, the price is soaring. Last February, 12 kilograms of gas also crawled. The increase in non-subsidized fuel has started at Pertamax. Soon the new price of pertalite will be revealed. The government calls it an adjustment, people still consider it an increase. It seems that the suffering of the people will not end, because the government plans to increase the gas by 3 kilograms and the non-subsidized electricity tariff. The government has also set an increase in VAT from 10 percent to 11 percent. Automatically makes the price of goods terkerek. At a time when the community's economy is on the rise, when people are passionate about earning a living, should this year's cooking oil, fuel, VAT, electricity and gas be increased? Raising prices is definitely a difficult choice for the government, but it might be even more difficult, if the people who have just experienced a health crisis, will experience an economic crisis. Watch the video below.