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Default Household goods affordability

On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:06:37 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 10/13/2013 4:06 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:15:48 -0500, Dean Hoffman
" wrote:

One would work about 28 hours to buy a gas stove in 2013 compared to
almost 91 hours in 1959. He has ten other examples of decreasing work
hours needed to buy given items.


In '59, a bank would give you a toaster just for opening a banking
account

Now they give you a bank if you buy a toaster?


No, no, no. They give you a bank if you buy a politician.