The time needed to get $1 in international dollars is 63 minutes in the US. This is about twice the average in Germany, France and the UK according to an Oxford University researcher. This suggests that average poverty is significantly higher in the US.
No, you problem is that you don’t do a proper problem analysis and thus fail to understand what actually changed.
And you also seem to vastly underestimate inflation and overestimate how well such a couple was able to life in the 1970ties.
Again, you ignore what’s in front of you.
I cited a work written in the period, that was reviewed and analyzed at the time.
Everyone at the time the book was written knew that our waitress could live off that salary.
It’s not my fault you didn’t understand that.
I explained a few times now that this hasn’t changed due to the income levels, which you know is the context of this argument due to the article it was posted under.
It is very dangerous to go by vibes of what you think is “in front of you”, especially if it glorifies a past that never existed like that (and no, that book likely doesn’t describe it like that either). That is exactly how modern fascists fish for votes.
If you actually want to change something about the bad economic situation many low income families find themselves in these days you need to figure out the actual root cause and not just go by vibes.
t is very dangerous to go by vibes of what you think is “in front of you”, especially if it glorifies a past that never existed like that (and no, that book likely doesn’t describe it like that either). That is exactly how modern fascists fish for votes.
Got it. I should ignore a source, written at the time, that was read and reviewed at the time, because the eyewitness account doesn’t conform with your theory.
You could read the book, or talk to people who were alive in 1970, but I suspect either of those would be a little more than you’d be willing to do.
I’ll keep with my factual sources and let you create whatever hypothesis you find comforting.
You evidently failed to understand what is described in that book 🤷
Putting historical sources into context is a skill and comparing it to today’s situation can’t be done 1:1.
And how do you know I wasn’t alive in the 1970ties?
And how do you know I wasn’t alive in the 1970ties?
If you were alive in the 1970’s and didn’t know that the Rolling Stones were one of the top acts of the time, you’d have had to be a complete idiot.
On the other hand, maybe you were alive in the 1970s.
Are you having trouble understanding what you read? I never claimed that the Rolling Stones were not a top act in the 1979ties 🙄
The $8 with inflation and all that comes to approximatly $25-30 or so in 2026 dollars, which is similar to what an entry ticket to a concert of a lesser known band costs these days. And as an occasional treat that is still affordable for low income people.
Do I have to go back and repost the rest of the thread?
It’s one thing to ignore all the facts available, but a much bigger deal if you can’t remember things you wrote that same day.
This is taken out of context. Anyways, the Rolling Stones in the 1970ties were like Justin Biber in the 2010s. Top of the charts, but not very well liked outside a fan group that doesn’t have a lot of disposable income, so the concerts were/are priced accordingly.