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Old 04-05-2022, 08:30 AM
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Default Not so bad?

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Originally Posted by charlie1 View Post
Read this in yesterdays parade magazine. I guess we don't have it so bad after all! We get more value from our gas, despite the cost being high, than people did in 1950.
According to the dept. of labor statistics, one dollar today only buys about 9% of what it could in 1950. Inflation was about 1.25%, and it was even less just two years ago. Inflation now is just under 8% and rising. I don't consider that "not so bad".