You can thank Jimmy Carter for a lot of that inflation over the past twenty years. After BO is finished there will be a lot more inflation, as well
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> Even the Dims are backing away from the Ultra Left Nobama - Dingy Harry -
> Nancy Pussilosi agenda. I wonder when JSB, LMC, Cathy, Gary Burnmore and
> the rest are going to wake up and smell the coffee. This country might
> just have a chance to survive yet.
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> Value of the dollar:
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> Until 1933 1/20.67th of an ounce of gold with some flucutaions.
> Until 1972 1/35th of an ounce of gold.
> Now, getting close to 1/1000th of an ounce of gold. So it takes almost 50
> dollars to buy what one dollar would buy in 1929 and if you do some
> cipering, that's pretty close.
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> Phone calls 5 cents (Now 50 cents to a dollar if you can find a pay > phone)
> Letter 2 cents (42 going up to 44)
> Post card 1 cent (30? cents now?)
> Loaf of bread used to cost a dime, now they're 1 or 2 bucks.
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> Charles THE Curmudgeon
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> Sir Charles THE Curmudgeon
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