[Alberta's Child]

Back in the 50’s and 60’s a man could support a family with his salary/salt money but today it takes 2 working parents to support a family because of inflation. The middle class in America is vanishing because of this.

It's not inflation that is causing this. It's the often-unrealistic expectations that come with a rising standard of living.

If you need any evidence of that, just go back to the 1950s and 1960s and see what constituted a middle-class standard of living back then. You don't think a family could survive on one income today if they had the same standard of living that Americans had 50-60 years ago?

[dfwgator]

Exactly. At most families had one car. The only entertainment “gadget” was a radio, as Televisions were just beginning to enter into the picture. Food was generally made from scratch, so food costs were a fraction of what people pay today for food.

[plainshame]

LOL!

[plainshame]

It seems like you want to argue with an inflation calculator which is insane.The numbers don’t lie.