[Milsurplus] FS: RAT-1 rcvrs @ War Assets Admimistration

[joldenburg2 at new.rr.com]

That is exactly the point on how it is skewed. Transportaion is based only on fuel and public transportation costs. Food costs are on basics. milk cheese flour eggs. Housing is based on rents in "major areas. Fuel, public transportation  and most agriculture is gov'mt subsidised or controlled. House costs in "major markets" is also affected through rent controls and subsidised housing.  Put the real costs back in with automobile ownership, home ownership  and a more realistic food  usage and the CPI would be a great deal higher.
---- WA5CAB at cs.com wrote: 

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Yeah, my standard easy to remember baseline is usually that in 1969 a 
standard SWB Land Rover cost $3500 and I was making $750/month.  In 1996 a 
standard SWB Land Rover cost $35,000 and I was making about $7500/month.  Which is 
10X in just under 30 years, not 9X in 60 years.  

In a message dated 6/22/2010 1:00:28 PM Central Daylight Time, 
joldenburg2 at new.rr.com writes: 
> The NASA C.P.I. Inflation calculator puts $57 -$75 in 1948 dollars being 
> the 2010 equivalent of $516.02 to $678.98. Sill sound cheap to you guy's?
> 
> It even worse in actuality as the Gov'mt skews the numbers on housing and 
> transportaion though it's selection of areas to base this upon.
> Jon AB9AH
> ---- D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> =============
> 
> When I graduated high school in 1955, $100/week was
> considered to be pretty good pay!
> 
> As a 2d Lt on flying status in USAF in 1961, my total
> pay was around $455 per month, not much better!
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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Jon Oldenburg AB9AH
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