1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Tell you what I wonder if we aren't doing ourselves 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: some harm, more harm than good when it comes to 3 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: our finances, if not general mental health at the moment 4 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: with what seems have you noticed this an industry in 5 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: polling and surveys. The latest IPSOS work this week has 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: over forty percent of us not happy about money, and 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: a decent chunk of us struggling. What is struggling? It's 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: open to a lot of interpretation, isn't it struggling? The 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: facts are here are the facts. This is part of 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: the issue. Mood doesn't necessarily deal in fact. Now the 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: facts are on average, our wages are outpacing inflation. Now 12 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: what that means is we are on average better off. 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: But the surveys don't show this. We're in a funk. 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: We've been in a func since COVID. The other part 15 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: of the problem is the average bit. None of us 16 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: are average, either in our expenditure or our income. So 17 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: unless you see it, feel it, livert average means nothing 18 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: to you. The age old question as to whether the 19 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: price of a basket of groceries is too expensive has 20 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: been and forever will be answered the same, Yes it is. 21 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: Now that's not about maths or income or affordability. That's 22 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: about mindset. If you've made up your mind food is 23 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: too expensive, or you don't trust the media, or luxon 24 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: doesn't connect with regular people, then evidence comes secondary to 25 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: your mood, your vibe, your feels. Is traffic too bad? 26 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 1: Is the country on the right track? Do you deserve 27 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: more income? Does the counsel waste your rates money? I 28 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: can line up any number of questions, and if I 29 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: word them right, I conversally guarantee you an outcome. And then, 30 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: having produced the results, I need a compliant media to 31 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: regurg You take them for an easy headline. It's a 32 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: self fulfilling prophecy. You feel life is too expensive, you 33 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: feel you are struggling. You read that other people feel 34 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: like you. You go to yourself, Oh see, I told 35 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: you it's true. It's news. It must be true. Run 36 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: and around we go. Which is not to say these 37 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: things don't have an element of truth about them, But 38 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: it's like punching yourself in the head. If you keep 39 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: doing it, what are the chances you'll have a headache 40 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: at the end of it all. For more from the 41 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to News Talks, It be 42 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.