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funk51

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over 100 dollars a week for food in 1958.
« on: July 16, 2025, 07:51:40 AM »
   
    this would have cost him over 1100 a week in 2025. :o :o :o :o
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Re: over 100 dollars a week for food in 1958.
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2025, 08:47:45 AM »
My father made about $60/week in the early 50s and solely supported a family of 5.
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Re: over 100 dollars a week for food in 1958.
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2025, 11:38:47 AM »
According to an inflation calculator that would be 1112 dollars per week in 2025. I guess he was bs-ing to get more media attention. And it worked, we are even reading about it 67 years later. He was a marketing pro

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1958?amount=100
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