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Old 12-11-2018, 08:22 PM   #94
tw
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr View Post
I hope that was sarcasm.
Obviously not sarcasm. The coke I once bought for a dime now cost over a dollar. That dime then is now called 90 cents. So the price of coke has increased (but not its cost).

That 63 cent Egg McMuffin is now called $3.10. So automation explains why Egg McMuffin prices have decreased.

When I was working for minimum wage in the early 1960s, that is about $13/hr today.
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