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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeacePeople, post: 907852, member: 20082&quot;]I&#039;m not sure there is such a thing as &quot;real&quot; money.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I grew up in the 70&#039;s and 80&#039;s and remember my parents struggling to make ends meet.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess that between the 2 of them, as working class, may have made 15,000 a year between the 2 of them.&nbsp; Cars cost about $1000 for a good one, a tank of gas was $5, and I have no idea about insurance and the like, but it was probably relative.&nbsp; A decent home in our area was about 30k.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If we fast forward to 2000, I made north of 130k a year.&nbsp; Cars, $18k, gas $40 a tank and a decent home $300k.&nbsp; Who had a dollar worth more?&nbsp; You tell me.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is bull, as income tax brackets and other stuff is not accounted for, but simple math tells me their dollar was worth more, buy quite a bit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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