Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.971202205238.5392A-100000@acy1.digex.net> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 20:55:37 -0500 From: Tu and Bob Myers <mailto:tuandbob@ACY.DIGEX.NET> Subject: Re: Personal suffering WILL BE IMPOSED -Reply To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Jonathan Sanford wrote in part:> Dear Valerie,
>
> According to my calculations, gas prices today are about the same on a
> real (inflation adjusted) basis than they were when I was a new teenage
> driver. Back then, we had 25 cent gasoline and 25 cent hamburger. The
> price level in dollars has increased five-fold since then. I bought gas
> for less than $1.25 a gallon last week (and this includes more taxes
> than before). When's the last time you bought $1.25 hamburger?
Especially one that had the quality control of $1.25/gallon gassoline, and/or one that had as great a percentage of it's price in taxes.
Bob