Major Douglas said that there were three possible policy alternatives with respect to the economic system, but the simplest was that an industrial system should supply goods and services to the community. But, as he showed, there is a deficiency of purchasing power, which could be manifested in many ways, but clearly the present situation in Australia, detailed below is an example. People have found that inflation, or more likely, greedflation, has led to the average increase in groceries per year, being $ 1,924, with 78 percent of people having to cut back on purchases. And groceries are just one cost, with everything else going up to, such as medicines, electricity, gas, water and council rates, to name but a few. Price rises are killing peoples’ standard of living.
