Inflation and rising prices significantly impact citizens' cost of living, as demonstrated by the dramatic increase in basic goods prices in Papua New Guinea from the 1980s-1990s to today, where items like burgers, hot dogs, and ice blocks that once cost 50-30 toea now require much higher amounts, forcing families to struggle for basic necessities.
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[music] [music] [music] [music] >> German worker German time I'm talking about people also inflation and law.
>> [music] >> Time taking more price number you look at more some inflation and go and up and I'm pretty one the cost of living prices will affecting plenty people [music] of country stuff.
And price for rice fuel number of selling basic goods more than 120 to 30% or some under the one kina one kina 20 or one [music] kina 30 heavy M star. The one worker German not all some you may work on running inflation below law local average [music] the slam on blood statistical deception.
PNG I'm import dependent devaluation [music] of local kina I'm down in strong local kina a price will go to something in the local one that more yet government fail local up in micro [music] culture local up in me stopping all business to up in price one up too much a fiction what long term The man worker suffer no benefit on the local inflation and one like [music] economic issue and leadership issue. And people all find him hard to long find him again medicine fuel and transport government and failing on [music] the basic road together inflation I mean no law or people work local that little little money the poverty work local come up place [music] clear local up in the guinea.
Government must look local on agriculture fisheries and forestry and I must straight [music] in this local big play heavy blowing inflation. We must get up in work increasing domestic [music] production and look local increasing export volumes blame me 80s government talk talk and no I don't like action and time.
We must take him now.
This blood so I stop him in Port Moresby country and get up in economy making broad base >> [music] >> and I am helping you me no withstand him this little pressure blow fuel crisis and what will come up because no heavy and come up the Middle East what I mean [music] run now and come up.
Cost of living crisis I am affecting dignity of all people believe me. Time papa I am struggling to put him kai kai on the table now hard low feed him all family. Islam you me also dignity of all Government I am not creating all opportunities for getting up in war well >> [music] >> papa and mama and all family I am going to look low all the strong and stick up in the Sudan.
You me work [music] low lighting more man come up to Rongo. You me work low making more something with poverty and come up less care.
Islam Government is taking action [music] now.
Country all the man will have a plan.
People can go low agriculture people can go low survival or same low fisheries.
No more excuse time low action him now.
[music] I am MOVING ON THE STREET MAN BELIEVE ON THE SIDE OF THE STONE BUILDING STUFF.
25% THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANT.
YOU KNOW SITTING DOWN THIS LOW ILLEGAL ALL KIND OF ILLEGAL MARKET ALL PEOPLE SHOULD STOP IT. PUBLIC MONEY LOW WE LIKE IT. WE KNOW THE FOREIGNER. WE ARE A CITIZEN OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. ALL MY PEOPLE SITTING THIS ILLEGAL MARKET. STOP this illegal MARKET AND FIND ILLEGAL again and stop.
ILLEGAL MONEY ILLEGAL MARKET illegal money illegal stuff. MINISTER OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ILLEGAL MONEY ILLEGAL ILLEGAL STUFF. MINISTER OF ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT.
NOW YOU THE LOCAL ILLEGAL MONEY ILLEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT. ALL SCHOOL OF MOSTLY ILLEGAL STUFF.
FIRST DAY I AM PUTTING ILLEGAL ILLEGAL MONEY ONE DAY I AM JUST PUTTING 60 60 and 70 kina.
Now time you look at the illegal market.
Illegal illegal illegal money. I want to buy illegal illegal illegal money.
Illegal market illegal illegal illegal money illegal illegal money.
Now you sitting down this illegal market for me. Illegal illegal money illegal illegal illegal money illegal ILLEGAL MONEY.
>> [music] >> YOU MUST AWARE I AM ONE TWO YOU MUST HAVE A NOTICE LOVE.
>> [music] >> STOP FROM this you someone will study this love.
You must have a >> [music] >> You want to deal.
You don't KNOW WHAT THE POINT WHERE YOU MUST HAVE A WHAT I SAY NOW?
YEAH.
>> You are the foreigner, not from the United STATES OF AMERICA OR CHINA.
You guys are foreigner.
America.
We are the citizen of Papua New Guinea.
You are not from America.
Maybe you are from America, but you are not from Papua New Guinea.
You are not What do you mean by Papua New Guinea? You live THERE, RIGHT? YOU ARE NOT representing Papua New Guinea.
Most of Papua New Guinea is not a national representative.
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