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To: F15Eagle; cotton1706

consider, if you will, the 1936 dollar.

Today its value is 5 cents.

In 1936 you could buy a 16 oz bottle of Pepsi Cola for 5 cents; today it costs over $1.00. (Just an example.)


22 posted on 08/27/2012 7:11:32 AM PDT by IbJensen (Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: IbJensen

Placemark.


23 posted on 08/27/2012 9:30:01 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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