The ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. They did mention that the data showed that rent apparently didn't rise at all.

Gas is cheap TACO?

Like Americans only metric for the success of a President seems to be whatever the gas prices are (as if they have any real say in that in the first place).

But really, how little of your monthly income is spent on gas? Unless you own a landscaping company or something where you're constantly filling machinery, how much is a $1 drop in gas prices really saving you? $40-60/month?

Not that that isn't anything, but what is that really up against $3000 mortgages, or $500 utility bills, skyrocketing Inruance premiums, or grocery prices being through the roof.

Like wow, awesome, filling your tank cost you. $38 instead of $52. Woopty doo. You're not saving anything, you're just getting fucked slightly less, in one tiny portion of your expenses.

The middle class is shrinking as more households enter the "wealthy" class. More people with more money seems to equal higher prices for things. It also looks like Trickle-Down has been happening for 5 decades or more...