Everything has gone up for me as well, and we haven't gotten raises at work in several years even though we were at one time promised cost of living increases when in fact, more money is coming out of our paychecks for taxes. etc. They also changed our health insurance at the beginning of the year and now my copayments for the plethora of prescriptions I have to take are higher. Grrrr!
Get a Union,, we had to do that when we were (promised) raises,,, health insurance was through teh roof,,, they iddnt care,, at least witht he union we got decent raises,, a good rate on insurnace and a retirement plan,, not a 401K that the employer gives almost nothng,,, my employer had to contribute 5 bucks a hour to my pension plan,, I paid nothing,,