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[quote user="BRAKIE"]Gumby4,I don't think $10.00 in 1956 is $74.95 in todays market..$10.00 back in the 50s would by a lot of stuff.$74.95 won't buy  much today at full MRSP.I suspect it would buy 2 pair of Lee jeans though.Back in 56 you could buy a good use late model car for $50.00 now a good use late model car will cost  around $8,500-14,000 plus interest rate for the loan..Back in 1956 Athearn cars was 99 cents,you could buy a Tenshado GP7 for $21.95..How about a United AT&SF 2-8-0 for $34.95? Calculators isn't the best way to compare prices in the 50  to today..Even the cost of living was cheaper back then.[/quote] The whole point of that calculator is to factor in the cost of living.  That is what the FED does when comparing the current economy to past economies.  But let me get this straight..... In 1956 one could buy an United AT&SF 2-8-0 for $34.95 but buy a late model auto for $50??  Seems that MMR was more expensive in 1956 than today.
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