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I know you were only trying to help...but stop it. You’re depressing me.

I just saw today that a 3-day Disney World pass is $199. *sigh*

32 posted on 07/30/2011 9:09:15 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)

I know you were only trying to help...but stop it. You’re depressing me.

I can understand that. According to the numbers we were a hell of a lot better off in many ways 40 years ago.

Median income 1971 - $9,000

Median income 2011 - $45,000 to $50,000
(hard to find an exact number that hasn't been "adjusted" by the government)

So individual median income has increased by a factor of 5 while most consumer goods have increased by a factor of 10 or more.

And a huge part of that is because of big increases in the tax burden on individual items, on manufacturers and on businesses.

41 posted on 07/30/2011 9:34:02 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)

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