As the pressure goes on supermarkets to control prices, and the media suggesting the rising cost of living is the fault of the supermarkets. No mention is made of inflation. The level of Inflation is causing the rising cost of food and everything else, and making us poorer.

The Reserve Bank Governor together with the Finance Minister have a responsibility to control inflation. Inflation must come down, and with the Minister continuing to spray money around without acknowledging the result will increase costs for everyone, and not to mention the debt for future generations.

A fundamental role for the Minister when setting his spending is focusing on the implication on inflation. He should be held to account by everyone. Every Finance Minister is responsible for controlling inflation. Out-of-control spending is not the answer. Worse still what dreadful debt we are leaving for our children. So, supermarkets have a responsibility to be fair and honest, but we cannot let this Minister and Governor off the hook. It is our lives and the future they are all playing with.

Margaret Murray-Benge, Bethlehem.