All of you are a bunch of dumb-____, there as only been one 4-year period where the dollar had more buying power in the future, and that was during the depression ('29 to '33) and most all periods have been more of a decline in purchasing power than what we've had lately. 23% less in 6 years... OH, and 23% is stated as 23% not .23 %. And it's still a dollar, not 77 cents. Gas hasn't doubled and $1,000 hasn't bought 555 gallons of fuel oil in one hell of a long time, not unless subsidized. The original question was about the average person having lost, such and such. No, only the fool has lost anything. A person has to adjust, or not!
Phil
Phil, your math is questionable.
Jmo
