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Message:: [QUOTE="ratio411, post: 1046774, member: 26729"]If you look a bit closer, I think you will find that an "AVERAGE" car in 65 cost $3000.A luxury car, such as a high end Lincoln or Cadillac ran about $7000.I don't know what a "CHEAP" car ran then, but to find one to equate with the dirt cheap $12000 car of today, I think you are probably below $2000 in 65 money. A 'middle of the road' car of today, not fancy, not cheap, would run about $30,000 (vs 3000). Your high end BMW, Caddy, Lincoln etc... can reach $70,000 (vs 7000)....I'd say that using this as a guide, our money is loosely worth 1/10 of what it was in 65. My .02...(down from .20 in 65) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  Edit:In 72, Mom got a Pinto for $1800 new.In 78, Dad got a small Chevy Monza for $5500 new.In 82, Mom got a Chevy Monte Carlo for $12000 new.In 85, my Uncle got a Buick for $14000 new.In 93, I got a Ford Tempo (cheap car) for $10,000 new.In 95, I got a Chevy Camaro for $19,000 new.In 2000, my wife got a base Pontiac Montana (glorified station wagon) for $21,000 new. These are very comparable average people movers over the years, prices going up drastically.Prices should not increase like this in a stable enviornment.The EPA and Unions are HUGE factors in the increase in prices, however, with both these entities having a hand in EVERY INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY, this situation is inevitible as long as the sheeple put up with it. This is why our industries are leaving our country too. Prices are going up, jobs are going down... So much for unions protecting jobs.[/QUOTE]

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