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<blockquote data-quote="RSteve" data-source="post: 562912" data-attributes="member: 164"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">By circumstance and necessity, I was forced to skip childhood, because my father was more child than adult. I had my first paper route at age ten and never stopped working until I retired in 2000. At 16, with my father unemployed for many months, I basically began supporting the family. I worked 33 hours a week, after school and on Saturday, selling shoes on commission at the only Sears store in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I considered it a successful month if after paying the mortgage and other family expenses I had enough left to save for college. I worked hard and often earned $100 to $150 a week in commissions. My older brother had already left home and felt no responsibility for family support. </span></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">Value of $100 from 1960 to 2021</span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">$100 in 1960 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $920.30 today.The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.71% per year between 1960 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 822.31%.</span></em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RSteve, post: 562912, member: 164"] [SIZE=5]By circumstance and necessity, I was forced to skip childhood, because my father was more child than adult. I had my first paper route at age ten and never stopped working until I retired in 2000. At 16, with my father unemployed for many months, I basically began supporting the family. I worked 33 hours a week, after school and on Saturday, selling shoes on commission at the only Sears store in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I considered it a successful month if after paying the mortgage and other family expenses I had enough left to save for college. I worked hard and often earned $100 to $150 a week in commissions. My older brother had already left home and felt no responsibility for family support. [/SIZE] [B][I][FONT=courier new]Value of $100 from 1960 to 2021 $100 in 1960 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $920.30 today.The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.71% per year between 1960 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 822.31%.[/FONT][/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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