said by dirtyjeffer0:said by Last Parade:I'm making as much now as it took my dad to make in 25 years at his job.
i make more in a day than my parents made a week in the mid 60s.
That is called inflation.
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www.bankofcanada.ca/rate ··· culator/A "basket" of goods and services that cost: $100 in 1965
...would cost: $708.77 in 2012
I frequently make more in 1 day in the stock market now than I made in a whole year when I started out after college in the 70's.