30 years quadrupled the cost? Sounds about right.
Have you seen the “meme” where someone went to a store and bought the same things that were bought for $20 in the old 1990 movie “Home Alone”?
Today that list of stuff costs $79 or more.
A Milky Way candy bar cost 5 cents in 1952.
Check today’s price.
A bet some here remember the billboards with $ 1999 for a Ford Maverick
I ALMOST grabbed a FOUR DOLLAR bag of M&Ms at Home Depot the other day. I could "afford" them but couldn't JUSTIFY them. FOUR DOLLARS!
Sometime around the Great Depression I needed a new cheap vehicle. I bought a brand new, 4cyl, manual window, auto Ranger for $15,000 out the door.
2017 I paid $42,000 out the door for a crew cab 2500. Only option, chrome bumpers. Has 122,000 miles now. I'll probably keep it till I drop.
