http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3327155Oh my.
The Bostonian Drunkard's mother gets into a little spat near the end, quoted here.
Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 05:28 PM
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In 1960 a gallon of gas was 25 cents...in 1970 a gallon of gas was 36 cents...in 1980 a gallon of gas was $1.19...in 1990 a gallon of gas was $1.34. By 1999 a gallon of gas was $1.22. GWB took office in 2000 and I paid $3.76 for a gallon of gas today.
Interesting. Depressing. Infuriating. Why are we not demonstrating in the streets? Perhaps we will when we can't afford to drive.
I found these statistics at www.thepeoplehistory.com
I dunno what the problem is here.
In 1981, a one-ounce baggie of marijuana cost franksolich $10.
If franksolich wanted a one-ounce baggie of marijuana today, he'd be paying $150-175.
That's a sixteen-fold increase since 1981.
How come the primitives aren't complaining about the excess windfall profits of the marijuana industry?
aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 05:36 PM
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6. A gallon was 29 cents where I lived in 1968
And the minimum wage was $1.60. A teenager could buy more than 5 gallons of gas for one hour of work at a part-time minimum wage job after school. How many gallons of gas can a young kid pay for with one hour of work in a minimum wage job today?
When franksolich first registered at the University of Nebraska, the minimum wage was such that one had to work 5 hours at that rate to pay for one credit hour at the University of Nebraska (for the record, franksolich has never made minimum wage in his life, though).
Despite the increases in the minimum wage since then, a student attending the University of Nebraska today, paying for it with a minimum-wage job, would have to work 15 hours at the current wage to pay for one credit hour.
Perhaps it would be good if the primitives whined about the excess windfall profits of the higher-education industry too.
napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 06:14 PM
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20. Oh, how well I remember THAT! I turned 16 in 1959, and at 25¢
my Dad was complaining that it was too expensive! I remember looking at the station signs and saying "Hey, I can afford that! I can get 4 gal. for $1.00!" Of course, I also remember several years later, married with 1 kid, having a grocery budget of $10 a week too! BTW, that included cigaretts @ 25¢ a pack and Similac formula! Boy, have things changed!
One wonders what the taxes were on gasoline back in those golden days of yore.
One also wonders what the taxes were on cigarettes back in those golden days of yore.
eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 06:28 PM
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24. Yep, and marijuana was 10 bucks a lid
Aha. I wish the erudite primitive would've expanded on that.
slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 06:42 PM
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25. In 1960 a 25-cent coin was made of 90% silver
Today a silver quarter is worth about $2.50.
Everything has gone up since 1960. Gasoline just a little more than other things.
Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 06:52 PM
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26. Well, I need gas, not silver, to get to work to pay for the gas. Get it?
slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu May-22-08 07:02 PM
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28. The car you drive now probably gets 2x the mileage as one you would have owned in 1960
I don't see your point.
