[quote=pri_dk]In 1990, I bought a brand new Honda Accord LX for $16K.
Today they cost about $22K. And they are much better cars.
They have loaves of fresh bread at WalMart for a buck fifty. My kids love that stuff.
Although Legos seem to be more expensive now – but they’ve changed.
I make a lot more money today than I did in 1990 – like several times more.
This inflation thing doesn’t seem so bad.[/quote]
pri_dk
I paid $76/per pay period for health care 1997. Today that is $238 per pay period. I work for the same company and I have the same number of dependants and I have Kaiser since 1997. When the company contribution changed in 2003 I was at $157 per pay period. The cost of education when I (delayed) graduated was about 5k a year for my state school in 1994. Today I am figuring about 3-4 times that amount for my daughter. When I bought my house in 92008 I paid $109/per sq foot, my purchase in 92010 (not as nice imho) in August 2011 was at $257.46. My income has gone up about 300% since 1997 but not my after tax income. Gas was 1.29 in 1999 today it is 3.73. That is a 146% rise.
However my first apple computer purchased in 1992 was $2500 and it has 4mb ram 4mb in hard drive (mb not gb!).
