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Default Alaska Leads Nation in Per Capita Earmarks

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:25:22 -0400, Balanced View

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Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:12:16 -0400, Balanced View

wrote:


$1.00 in 1964 had about the same buying power as
$6.83 2008.


You are totally nuts. A gallon of gas, a magazine, a
paperback, a
pack of cigs, a six pack, were all a quarter in 1964. A
.Colt 1911
.45 pistol was $62.50. Levi's were $2.25.

Casady


Go check it your self , they're all over $6.00


Go check what? My point was that the factor of six figure
was bogus.
What am I supposed to check? That gas and cigs were a
quarter in 64?
I was there.

Casady


The $6.83 figure is accurate.

www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm says a 1964
dollar had the same buying power as $6.83 in 2008.

http://www.coinnews.net/tools/cpi-inflation-calculator/ says
it's $7.10.