Gasoline Wars when it was around 29 cents a gallon!
Comments made in the year 1955! (That's 55 years ago!)
'I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way
They are, it's going to be impossible
To buy a week's groceries for $20.00.
'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?
It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a Used one.
'If cigarettes keep going up in price,
I'm going to quit.
A quarter a pack is ridiculous.
'Did you hear the post office is thinking about Charging a dime just to mail a letter?
'If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00,
Nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.’
'When I first started driving, Who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon..
Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.
'I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more..
Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying
DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND,
It seems every new movie has either HELL or DAMN in it.
'I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the End of the century.
They even have some fellows they call astronauts Preparing for it down in Texas .
'Did you see where some baseball player just signed a Contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?
It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be Making more than the President.
'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen Appliances would be electric.
They are even making electric typewriters now.
'It's too bad things are so tough nowadays..
I see where a few married women are having to work To make ends meet.
'It won't be long before young couples are going to Have to hire someone
To watch their kids so they can both work.
'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the Door to a whole lot of foreign business.
'Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes.
I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best People to Congress.
'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, But I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.
'There is no sense going to Lincoln
Or Omaha anymore for a weekend,
It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.
'No one can afford to be sick anymore,
At $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for My blood.'
'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'
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4 comments:
I had a history teacher in High School (c. 1975) who once told us that "inflation is built into the system", but he never explained how. I've only just recently, (last 10yrs or so) begun to understand what he meant. When will we revolt against the bankers running our country?
Short answer, kevin, is most likely..... never. We've been lulled to sleep by greed and our own private corruption. We're too worried about paying the grocery bill and making sure Suzy has the latest style of sneaker so she wont be made fun of at school. We just don't care. People are so stupid in this country, they actually do not know the difference between Kenyen and Keynesian when asked about Obama. Pathetic, I know. This country is so far down the denial pipeline, it would take the loss of their TV or 3rd car to get them to even start wondering if something was amiss.
In 1966 I was paying $.16 a gal during gas wars here in Texas.
Plus the gas stations gave us presents like Green Stamps and glassware, etc...
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