[eyedigress]

That title is a hoot. Thank God rich people were throwing bottles out of their cars in the 70’s. 15c for a 24oz. 10c for a 16oz.

I became a privileged white millionaire; or sumthin’.

I am getting tired of these asshats and it won’t be friendly.

[NormsRevenge]

‘Rich’ is a state of mind. ‘Well off’ works for me.

No more lard and molasses samwiches for me.
Tho they were quite tasty.

Got to go clean the pool.

I left the dirt farm a long time ago

But the dirt never left me.

Sppplassshh!

[Sequoyah101]

3 cents for pop bottles when I was growing up. Most days you could just about pick up enough walking the mile or so to the store if you worked both ditches. 3 cents and a popsicle was 7 cents. Taxes were 3 cents and my sis and I knew just where the breaks were for another penny. We’d buy things separately to avoid the round up on the sales tax. Buy one popsicle and no tax, buy two and add a penny. Keep the penny and save it for bubble gum at 2 cents each.

More than 50 years later the sales tax has tripled and the cost of a popsicle is? It went up by inflation but taxes went up by about THREE times the inflation rate and we are getting less for our our taxes that is useful to most of us who work and pay for the services.

[Vinylly]

So the next question is: One of Obummer’s slogans was ‘I am a uniter, -not a divide. So how has he succeeded? Seems to me there’s an all out effort to divide the country even further by government and our school systems by creating hate and envy.

[The Working Man]

That title is a hoot. Thank God rich people were throwing bottles out of their cars in the 70’s. 15c for a 24oz. 10c for a 16oz.

I became a privileged white millionaire; or sumthin’.

I am getting tired of these asshats and it won’t be friendly.

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In the 60’s my ‘allowance’ consisted of what amount of money I could earn from trade-in’s on bottle return fees.

[tiki]

I’m with you. I wasn’t poor growing up but I was already thrifty. Half the Jr. High walked to several stores to get their chips and sodas for lunch and just dropped their soda bottles. As soon as school was out I was out there retracing the routes and picking up the bottles. I always had money.

[onona]

That title is a hoot. Thank God rich people were throwing bottles out of their cars in the 70’s. 15c for a 24oz. 10c for a 16oz. You were holding out on me bro....