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The Affect Of Rising Fuel Price To The Society
Money is always an issue in today's era of materialism. Most people need it for basic survival while the lucky few indulge in luxuries without worrying about money. In my opinion, I strongly agree that the rising fuel price has pushed up the price of other consumer products and this will surely affect the society. In this essay, I would like to touch on the effects this price increase has on society today, were increasing vice activities, widening the gap between the rich and the poor and affecting the population trend in the long term. First and foremost, society will immediately be affected by the rise in fuel prices because consumer products will be more costly and this leads to an increase of vice activities. This is because basic necessities such as rice, flour, sugar and so on will be in great demand and some warehouses will store or hoard the items to further increase the price of the product. Moreover,in the newspapers today, reports of smuggling of these items prove that this vice activity is other rise. For example, the recent sugar price hike caused a furor among the Malaysian society a sit costs more fuel to travel to and from the supermarket and when arriving, most places had run out of stock even though the government had allocated 2kg of sugar to one person. Therefore,the fuel price increase had definitely caused more hardships to society today. Secondly, it is undeniable that the rise in fuel prices leads to the widening of the gap between therich and the poor. This is due to the fact that people are greatly affected by the price of basic necessities such as food and fuel in particular. Furthermore, the rich people will still be able toafford such things but the poor will face greater challenges as the popular saying goes: "The richget richer, and the poor get poorer." For instance, when money is used to purchase consumer products that are necessary for survival, then less money will be