Good for you ts, have a pat on your back from me. To each his own. Personally, I dislike how the government has control over every facet of our lives, I don't mean in the personal freedom aspect of it, more so the economical side.
Almost everything you buy and consume on a daily basis, the monies, some or all of it will eventually make it's way back to the government.
Whilst I understand that in a such a small market, its good to be tightly controlled like it is currently to prevent foreign manipulation but, when judgement of the performance of the government is intrinsically linked to the gdp growth of the nation, this creates a lose-lose situation for all consumers.
Would prices of everyday items be much lower if they didn't have such a huge sway over most industries, I don't know. But what I do know is, in situations where monopolies do not exist, the consumers generally benefit from lower prices.
And, what it means is that, they're basically holding a gun to our heads, so if they say jump, we jump. I hope you understand that in the general sense of economics, mild inflation = good thing, means economy is growing, and this can controlled by setting higher prices (meaning you purchase lesser with the same amount of money).
Or at least I think so. Might be wrong though.