Why Its Pointless To Argue With Global Warming Believers 2049
ZnU
My grandfather found that moving west back then was a very profitable move. Settled some land and applied for a loan to build a house and acquire farming equipment.
I thought it peaked around $650 or so.
That's one thing my grandfather never had to pay back then.
Try it with minimum wages. Depends on what state tho.
Back 1977 I was only getting around $25k a year. I could afford a new house, a new car, and investment money left over. Can't do that now.
It is very easy to dispute what you say. From my own personal experience, and my pension, my buying power today is less than 10 years ago. The figures you give just don't seem to apply or are jimmied somehow.
They've just found more efficient ways to do more with less. Cars haven't decreased in price, yet computers have increased in power and decreased in price. Bad analogy, but it shows what innovation and more efficient processes can do for a technology. But for the bulk of a car... steel and a lot of plastic. In this shows the decline of the dollar, inflation due to cost of living to the workforce etc.
snip Yes, let's compare minimum wages. In 1900, the minimum wage was $0. In 2006, it's $5.15 at the federal level, and...
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ZnU Yes, in 1900, you made what you could... and it was in gold, not paper money. In 1993, I was only...