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  • From: "Dan Conine" <dconine@bertramwireless.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 160, Issue 4
  • Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:02:37 -0500

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 "Lawren Pulse"  wrote:

"I like this thinking but what does 40% of the necessity of living mean? How
do we get that #? I know we used to spend 25% of our paychecks on food in
the 50's but wondering how we get 40%? Thanks!"
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The 40% number is the amount of income spent on food in the 1920 era.
The 1950's are misleading because food was already being produced from petroleum, and the food production had been industrialized during WWII to quite an extent.

Dan



  • Re: [Livingontheland] Livingontheland Digest, Vol 160, Issue 4, Dan Conine, 09/18/2008

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