the way i see it; the one and only issue is that salaries have not kept pace with the higher cost of living and its something the government might look into along with all the other great work its doing; the rising fuel prices hurt only because employers are not generous enough and the senior levels line their own pockets, leaving the scraps for their subordinates; the fact remains that Qatar still sells the world's 11th cheapest fuel and the second cheapest in the gcc.