Inflation seems to have no ceiling and food soars up to 16.6%. The CPI rises to 6% due to the increase in the price of food, especially those that are fresh. How far are you going to climb? Is this acceptable for the most basic incomes?
‘Four a day’ has made a report on the rises that are taking place in food. Sugar is undoubtedly the food that rises the most, becoming more expensive by more than 50%, butter, oil or milk exceed 30% and eggs and vegetables rise more than 20%.
Ana Terradillos presented in the debate table from the program to a housewife, a farmer, a merchant and an economist to try to explain what is happening and how to deal with it.
Inflation, under debate on the set of ‘Cuatro al día’
Lola Prieto, the housewife, was one of the toughest on the set of ‘CAD’: “I don’t know what we’re going to do, I don’t understand it… we’ll have to go hungry. Pensions that have a pension, or people who are paying rent, or have to help their children without power… How do they do it?”
Lola recounted her own experience with the shopping basket live and did not hesitate to accuse businessmen and merchants: “I bought two packages of noodles, they have always been tight and now they dance, I weighed them and they always steal 50 grams. Apart from they are raising our prices every day, they are stealing from us…both merchants and businessmen”.
“I’m not going to allow what we stole”
Luis Pacheco, a greengrocer, also present on the set, took it for granted and asked for a rectification: “I ask Lolathat I have a lot of esteem, that rectifies with what merchants steal and from there we debate and talk. I’m not going to allow you or the Pope to come from Rome about what we stole”.
Also, the discussion was increasing tension and Pacheco also faced to Andres Gongora, head of COAGCoordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers.
