There's room for all of us to be angry. I think it's reasonable to complain if you work 50 hours a week for that income, have to be away from your family, who also need to be housed and clothed and to eat and care for their health, and all you have is scraps left over and aren't saving much, if any.

The system is designed to keep everyone living cheque to cheque

Felt that when the UK started talking about the cost of living. I remember someone on TV crying about how they couldn't afford food on their £35k salary. This was several years ago too.

At the time I was having to live off £8k in apprenticeship wages.

Disability benefits? That's not real. I think you're thinking of "bureaucratic dead ends".