I saw this drawing while eating lunch at In-N-Out (for non-CA’ers, it’s a very popular burger joint in Cali) today, with some Visiondecor’ers:
30 Cents for a Cheeseburger, Nice!
Then I looked back at the menu:
Cheeseburger for $1.99, still pretty good.
What 30 Cents Can Buy
So I’m thinking, nice drawing. Nice price for a Cheeseburger, 30 cents. Those were the days. I’m guessing the drawing is set around the 1950s. Today, about 60 years later, we can get a Cheeseburger for $1.99. But that’s not the point. Notice the difference between a Hamburger and Cheeseburger today: $1.99 and $1.69. So pretty much, you are getting a slice of cheese for 30 cents. That’s some pretty crazy inflation.
Yes, I Think About these Things During Lunch
50 years ago, 30 cents got you a Cheese-burger. Today, 30 cents gets you a slice of cheese (and a maybe some shares of bank stocks :-p).
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