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[Jim Bullard]

If you are creating a ratio between what you were paid at the time and the
gas prices at the time vs your income now and gas prices now you are
creating a false analogy especially since your were in the military at the
time and they are chronically underpaid. When I joined the Army in 1964 I
was paid $90/month. I suspect you are worth a lot more as an employee now
than you were as cannon fodder back then.

I wish I were going hiking this weekend but I have other commitments and it
is still cold in NNY. Minus 6 degrees this morning. Brrrrrrrrrrr!

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:07 AM, <grey.owl at comcast.net> wrote:

> >From November 1968 to August 1971 I served in the US Army.  One of those
> years I received $65 per month combat pay and I receive a little over $4300
> for my military service.  My wife earned $3,000 a year the first year she
> taught high school.
> I was working at a service station in the early sixties when the price of
> gas was $0.179 per gallon.  Of course I was earning $0.75 per hour.  The
> ratio price gas/hourly wage was 4.18.  The last time I filled my car with
> gas I paid $3.37 gal and the current price ratio of gas/hourly wages is
> 12.8.  Either I am over paid or gas is not rising as fast as some people
> think.
>
> Cheers
>
> Grey Owl
>
> I hikin this weekend.  Anybody else goin to be on the trail?
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Carla & Dave Hicks" <daveh at psknet.com>
> > Art
> >
> > Rather curious as to the source of the 1966 figures.  Not challenging
> you.
> > Just looking for a source for reference for nationwide cost.
> >
> > I have bookmarked http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/prices/1966.html, which is
> a
> > record of how much things cost in Morris County, New Jersey.
> >
> > Chainsaw
> >
> > BTW -- That was the first year that Carla taught and she made $5,200.
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Jim Bullard
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