Rise In The Cost To Live.

Floordude

Way back and now.

1947-1997, ten years ago.

PENSION PRESIDENT $0 for Hoover
$148,500 Bush#1, Carter, Ford, Reagan
What is it now, 10 years later with the tremendous fuel cost we see today??

MONTHLY SOCIAL SECURITY $30.00 NOW $720.00 I think this actually went down in the last 10 years

RATIO OF WORKERS To Each Social Security Check
Then —- 16.5 Now —- 3.1


ROUND OF GOLF / PEBBLE BEACH
Then $2.00 Now $225.00

TICKETS TO YANKEE’S GAME
Then$2.50 Now$19.00 what does it cost today, 10 years farther

PRICE OF A RECORD ALBUM
$ 1.00 - $ 3.00
$17.00

MCDONALD’S HAMBURGER
(1955) 15 cents Now 59 cents have not bought one of those in awhile

Cup of coffee at Woolworth’s 5 cents
At Starbuck’s $1.27 Today Isn't it up over $3 now

NUMBER OF FARMS
5.9 million NOW 2.1 million

NUMBER OF GROCERY STORES
529,000 (1950) 128,000 (1997)

GALLON OF GAS
23 cents NOW $1.22 OK, this is the meat of the last 10 year rise

ONE DAY IN INTENSIVE CARE
$35.00 NOW $2,300.00 I can say it has doubled

NUMBER OF BARBIE DOLLS SOLD
(1959) 351, 000 (1997) 100 million

ADULT ADMISSION DISNEYLAND
(1956) $1.00 (1997) $34.00

% SMOKING POPULATION
1949 44% 1994 26%

BROOKS BROTHERS SUIT
$70.00 NOW $598.00

FIRST CLASS POSTAGE
3 cents NOW 32 cents

HAIRCUT IN MT. AIRY, NC
65 cents NOW $6.00

FEDERAL BUDGET
(‘47) $ 4 billion surplus
(‘95) $164 billion deficit

AVERAGE FED. INCOME TAX
$328.00 NOW $4,585.00

FAMILY DOCTOR
(‘51) $13,440.00 (‘97) $182,000.00

TEACHER
$2, 640 NOW $37, 850

MEDIAN HOME PRICE
‘50 $7,350.00 ‘96 $131,500.00

COMPUTER
‘47 $500,000.00
‘97 $2,500.00 Laptop

PRESIDENT OF THE US
$75,000.00 NOW $200,000.00

US CONGRESSMAN
$12,500.00 NOW $133,600.00

MAIL CARRIER
$2,100.00 NOW $26,060.00

UNION Members as % of Workers
33.7% NOW 14.9%

WOMEN OVER 25 WHO WORK
29.9% NOW 58.7%

TUITION AT HARVARD
$525.00 NOW $19,770.00

TUITION AT IOWA
$130.00 NOW $2,470.00

POPULATION WITH HS DIPLOMA
33% NOW 80%

ANNUAL PUPIL COST
NEW YORK CITY
$263.00 NOW $8,300.00

COST OF A NEW CAR
‘47 Chevy $1,220
‘97 Taurus $18, 545

LIFE EXPECTANCY
‘50 - 68.2 years
‘94 - 76.3 years

SILK STOCKINGS
‘47 $10.00 ‘97 $4.00

CARPET INSTALLER PAY IN 1947
$1.00 a yard(from the library) times 7.37 for inflation SHOULD BE $7.37 per square yard in 1997 AND
$1.00 times Congress’ actual 10.69 inflation rate(could be more now) would make the price of installation........
$10.69 square yard, (if not more in todays time and age. These figures were before the fuel hike!)


If you work for a retail flooring store here, labelled as a subcontract labor, your dictated a piece work wage of $1.30-$3 a yard.
What happened??? This isn't just flooring either! It invades all trades.
Have the trades become a commodity?


Maybe this will open the eyes of some guys "subcontracting" that are not old enough to see the big picture, and only living for today.

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Double-A

I think you can still buy a congressman for $12,500.

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JustaFramer

Been bitching about sub prices for years. I said **** it and went union 2 years ago. I am shooting for a 80 to 100g year if the course I am on stays the same.