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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Bonner, post: 1245958, member: 32536&quot;]Doc, i was raised on a farm and plowed with a mule... Never in my wildest dreams, would I live in a world where I would have to say to a four year old boy &quot; I don&#039;t have enough money to buy a&nbsp; watermelon&quot;.. In 1970 I made $300 a week .. the best tailored shirts cost $5 my car was the one they keep inside at the dealership cost $5000... The money I made on Monday paid all my bills and tuesday through friday was mine to keep.. In 1990 i realized it took Monday through Friday&#039;s pay to keep me afloat. And if I wanted any for &quot;mad money&quot; I had to work Saturday. Now I go in the hole $1000 a month just to pay the bills and can&#039;t work enough weekends to catch up.. Your chart Is right on the money.. so to speak. And the point where it crossed 25 cents was the point that most Americans who thought they were middle class became not middle class again.&nbsp; According to your chart a person who makes less than $90,000 a year is making less in buying power than I had just out of High School.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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