3 cents in 1944 is equivalent to 41 cents today. The actual NY Times newsstand price is now $2.50.
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
It may cost $2.50 today but it’s still not worth 3 cents.
I get $.04 in 1944 worth $.53 today, only adjusted for inflation.
But as the same relative share of GDP, meaning the nation’s total economic output, it would be almost $3.00.
By that measure, today’s NY Times is a 16% discount.
Still, as henkster says, $.03 is too much to support the cause of liberalism.
However you calculate it, much better to spend that money in support of (wait for it), yes of course, Free Republic!