Strictly talking about the UK as I don't know about the US but everything has gone up a lot tho, four years ago when I got my Audi it used to cost me £50 to brim it now it costs £75. As others have said food has gone up a lot four years ago a shop for me and my girlfriend would cost £25 it's now double that. And wages are just @*!# I know there are a lot of well paid people on this site but myself have an average job working full time and get £13500 a year which is peanuts against the price of everyday living expenses. The wages need to increase, a friend of mine is an nvq level three in child care so spent three years in college and now been at the same nursery for about three years and gets £900 a month how is that fare when child care is so bloody expencive.