Utter tosh: FMQ rent did not go up when I was paying 7% mortgage rate recently. You choose who owns the roof over your head. Energy costs for homeowners have gone ballistic in the last 2 years, and the govt would do well to get these costs back to realistic levels. The real vultures at the moment are credit card interest rates, and nobody will buy again until these are brought into line.
There should be a public outcry if the armed forces do not receive a reasonable pay rise. ....and should anybody have any doubt, visit the arrival part of BZN when the walking wounded get off their TriStar, a most humbling experience.