Flashback-Economy: When everything was affordable
Economy
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Population: 180,671,158
Life expectancy: 69.7 years
Dow-Jones
High: 685
Low: 566
Federal spending: $92.19 billion
Federal debt: $290.5 billion
Inflation: 1.4%
Consumer Price Index: 29.6
Unemployment: 5.5%
Prices
Cost of a new home: $16,500.00
Cost of a new car: $
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.31
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.57
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.49
A lot has change over the years that was then.
This is now:
President: George W. Bush
Vice President: Richard B. Cheney
Prices
Cost of a new home: $224,990.00
Cost of a new car: $
Cost of a first-class stamp:$0.35
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $2.89
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.89
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $3.29
Popularity: 4% [?]
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