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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheCoinGeezer, post: 1475353, member: 34700&quot;]The gubmint does a de facto demonetizing of the currency by eroding its buying power through constant inflation.</p><p>Many of us old timers here can easily recall when silver coins still circulated and candy bars cost 5¢ and were bigger to boot.</p><p>When I was a kid, a family could live a nice middle class existence in the suburbs on the salary of one person (almost invariably the father).</p><p>Nowadays it&#039;s more common than not that both mom &amp; dad are out there working to support the family.</p><p>It&#039;s my opinion that since the Eisenhower administration the true standard of living for middle class Americans has declined.</p><p>Ike warned us about the military-industrial complex. We should have listened.</p><p>OK I&#039;ll get off my soapbox now![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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