Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billmessage-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
Prices have inflated so much over the past 10 years that a $20 bill buys as much as $5 did back then.
minus-square667@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoThe US went off the gold standard in 1971 and OP is talking about 10 years ago, so 2016.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·16 hours agoI’m replying to the “100 years ago” guy talking about halfpence.
The US went off the gold standard in 1971 and OP is talking about 10 years ago, so 2016.
I’m replying to the “100 years ago” guy talking about halfpence.