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Originally Posted by marichiko
I figure you owe my Mom 3.5 cents plus interest. I'll let you off the hook on my Dad since he is now deceased.
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I said *my* estimate, and offered interest (or inflation adjustment). I take it you paid no Federal taxes personally in 1955, so the offer is void.
3.5 cents is a massive overestimate, by the way...take the ratio of the cost of bridge repair to the federal budget for 1955 (59 billion), then multiply by the taxes paid. Then multiply by the fraction of our ice-cream-based usage aganst the total usage of the bridge from the time of the repair to the present (51 years).
Not bad for a 100 year old bridge.