In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Joking aside, at 61 I remember things as you do, like going to the corner
> store as a child to pick up a loaf of bread for 29 cents, a jar of mustard
> for 12 cents, etc.

True, but how much did you earn (or your parents earn) when you were a
child v. how much you earn now?

Do the math on income then v. income now and then compare that to prices
then and now and lets see what the real difference is.

marcella