• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Stop looking at those ‘inflation adjustors’ and look at what you could actually buy.

    Average rent per month in Los Angeles in 1990 was under $600.00/month

    Today it’s over $2,000.00

    If he paid her five months rent today, it would be $10,000.00, not $7,000.00

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      4 months ago

      Inflation has affected our country very differently in different locales. Change in cost of living is the real metric for what inflation is trying to quantify

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        4 months ago

        That’s why I stick with real world examples.

        For example, the minimum wage in 1960 was $1.00/hour. The cost of the average home was $11,000.00