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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 6076424, member: 115909&quot;]You&#039;re forgetting one BIG thing:</p><p><br /></p><p>People back then were MUCH more fiscally responsible than people today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just because people today don&#039;t bother saving doesn&#039;t mean squat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back then they did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure people may have made a lot less money but they were also much more frugal.</p><p><br /></p><p>How do you think all those cowboys were able to afford $20 pistols and $40 rifles?</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s because they saved up slowly and were able to accumulate enough money to buy one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with the pioneers who took the Oregon Trail west. A fully loaded % provisioned wagon with four oxen cost $500. The people who followed the trail were considered &quot;middle class&quot; in their time. They weren&#039;t dirt poor but they weren&#039;t filthy rich. They saved for decades and used their life savings to make the trip.</p><p><br /></p><p>But they DID save.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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