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

[J. Forster]

The CPI is a fiction. It is NOT a true representation of real world
inflation. It's a government scam, IMO.

The rule of thumb I use is about 10x in the 40 years between 1965 and
2005. In '65 you could buy a basic car for $1000-$1200; now it's $10,000
-$12,000. A house that cost about $60,000 in 1975 is now selling in the
mid $600Ks.

FWIW,

-John

=============

In


>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:
>
> =============
> 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
> ______________________________________________________________
> Milsurplus mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> --
> Jon Oldenburg AB9AH
> "A bicycle can't stand on it's own because it is two tired..."
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Milsurplus mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milsurplus
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
>