I totally agree with you. during the 70s&80s salary are low but with few cents you can buy lots of things but today even you got RM 3000/ month you still wont enjoy the money due to things now are more expensive.----i agree with you that malaysia is getting worse and things is getting more&more expensive everyday.i take an example:- a noodle here cost RM3.50 to RM 4 per bowl. in singapore it only cost SD 2.50 to SD 3.00 per bowl. minus the exchange rate singapore is cheaper than here.