In 1965, the minimum wage was $1.25, five silver quarters.
Today, just the melt value of five silver quarters is $27.
It's the same silver, just a different currency.
(I post this once in a while just to tick off the Fed fanboys.)
https://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
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There are no Fed fanboys here.
There are a few, a very few, but... They've mostly run themselves into a very weird echo chamber that no one in their right mind would bother with. That's how they nostr. Good for them.
Oh wow. Surprising.
Yeah. I don't get it at all. But hey, they can go be off in weirdo land on their own.
Good to have you here Rudy, missed your posts! 👌
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According to official inflation numbers, that 1.25 in 1965 would be 12.48 today.
The CPI is a lie and always has been. They aren't going to tell you the truth about how much they stole.
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