Why is Australia ripped off so much, and we accept it?

[mudski]

Another thing is we all want a pay rise but nobody wants to pay for things made by those same people (us) coz it costs too much to buy.

Thats another thing that annoys me. Young kids expect to get paid the bigger dollars when they just come out of school. How about working hard for your dollar, work your way up the corporate ladder, rather than expecting to get paid more to do little. That annoys me more than the OP's post. But thats another rant/ story.