This reminds me of reading about Harry Truman - and his speculation that by the year 2000, Americans would earn $12,000 a year OR MORE. - Andy Spears

…w houses could be purchased for under $5,000 and the cost of gasoline was around 12 cents a gallon. The average annual income was $1,750 and the average cost for a new car was $850. Although television sets were on the market, many of them weren’t sold in 1941.
The 1941 Cold Case of Leila Adele Welsh
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This reminds me of reading about Harry Truman - and his speculation that by the year 2000, Americans would earn $12,000 a year OR MORE.
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Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .
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