Subj : Sure isi quiet...
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Jul 21 2021 07:24:00

Hello JOE MACKEY!

** On Wednesday 21.07.21 - 06:07, JOE MACKEY wrote to DARYL STOUT:

 JM>   One didn't make as money then then as now as well, thanks to inflation.
 JM>   I recall making about $200 a month when I started
 JM>   working full time in 1968. With that amount I rented a
 JM>   house, brought furniture, food, a car, clothes, etc and
 JM>   had a little left over.   Gas for the house about $3 a
 JM>   month, electric $2, gas for the car about 33 cents, etc.
 JM>   While things cost more today, people have higher
 JM>   incomes. Its a circle. Higher wages mean high prices
 JM>   since the companies have to pay their people more, etc.

It really doesn't *have* to be that way. Except for the extra  
bills that the mint my print, all we're doing is pushing the  
same money around.

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