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  • 2021 Meme Reveals the Relentless Devaluation of Your Money

    07/30/2025 7:15:23 AM PDT · by delta7 · 22 replies
    Moneymetals ^ | 29 July 25 | Mike Maharrey
    ran across a 2021 meme the other day that vividly illustrates just how quickly the government is destroying your money. The meme points out that in 1964, the minimum wage was $1.25, or five quarters. That sounds really low, but keep in mind that before 1965, quarters were 90 percent silver. In 2021, the melt value of those five quarters was $23.34. In other words, the five quarters a minimum wage worker earned in an hour in 1964 had $23.34 in purchasing power in 2021. There's your "living wage." That’s pretty staggering in and of itself, but now fast forward...