Among urban workers still employed, concerns about job security and the continuation of benefits mounted.
Then there's the money spent to save money: once you've met the initial outlay, the benefits mount up.
As the cost of unemployment benefits mounted, Bondfield's attempts to control the fund's deficit provoked further hostility from the TUC and political attacks from the opposition parties.
The benefits are mounting and the costs are coming down.The benefits will be biggest in countries where officials and politicians are open to pressure and where the citizens are public-spirited to start with.
Nevertheless, the natural environment has consistently shown, dating back to ancient times, to have therapeutic benefits with mounting supporting evidence.
As well as allegations of fabricated reports, secret filming has produced claims of a culture of targets, in which assessors are allegedly monitored to ensure they don't find excessive numbers of disabled people eligible for sickness benefits, and mounting evidence of toxic punitive measures.
But at least perceptions are changing, the evidence of benefits is mounting and helpful tools are increasingly available, such as the recently launched Primer on Business Sustainability for SMEs and ACCA's report on Environmental Aspects of Sustainability: SMEs and the Role of the Accountant.
While Okinawa's movement is tiny compared with its counterpart in Scotland, activists say they stand to benefit from mounting public anger over Tokyo's plans to push through the construction of a controversial US military base in defiance of local opposition.
The difference in monthly benefits under a chained CPI would be modest at first, but the amount of missed benefits would mount for seniors the longer they live.
One-off administrative charges, from sorting out a driver's licence to social security benefits, can mount up before you've so much as had your first French lesson.
