Fair point, I guess what I'm saying is the decline is still sort of "palatable", even here I thought it would click that 19 Rand to the Dollar is madness, 15% annual devaluation, but people just somehow adjust to these numbers, they mean nothing to them, as long as they can service debt and meet the price at the till.

The welfare state only goes in one direction though, I've seen that firsthand, what are the biggest programs? and are they adding more?