The economist Thomas Sowell once said that inflation is just a way to take people’s money without having to openly raise taxes. But you don’t have to tell that to Annette Murray and her husband Tom McGregor.
The Vancouver couple, aged 64 and 59, live on disability pensions adding up to $37,000 a year. Or they used to. With higher prices for food and medical supplies, the two are now relying on their savings to make ends meet.
