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There used to be a day when companies provided health insurance for free to employees.
shens.
There used to be a day when companies provided health insurance for free to employees.
70-71, they cut the water to the Army compound I was on, went to a nearby Air Base, bought two twelve packs, got change back from a five.
Beer was cheaper than soda. Had a walk in cooler in our kennel.
If my memory is correct, a carton of cigarettes, at the same air base, was about $1.50.
A few years later, at school, Campbell's Tomato Soup was 12 cents a can, Kraft Mac and Cheese was 22 cents a box, Turkey pot pies 5 for a dollar. During happy hour, beers were a quarter...
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been.
Uno
prices never changed, it's just that your currency (not money) is worth less.
currency: Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money
Money: A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.
You have made a distinction with no difference in order to point out a distinction with no difference.
Congrats! You are well on your way to joining a cult!
