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Originally Posted by ImportConvert
I think you're doing it wrong...
But lets check this out:
Average Income in the United States (1913-2006) ? Visualizing Economics
Income in the mid 90's wasn't far or from income around 2006 (as good as my graph shows).
Now you brought up inflation.
So people are making LESS now (or in 2006...) than they were in 1996. Considering you make the same amount of even more worthless dollars now than then, as a whole.
Your inflation statement has cast just the opposite light on the situation than what you have intended. |
Note the note in the paragraph before the graph
"It now includes data through 2006 (in 2006$)."
The numbers in the chart in your link have already been converted to 2006 dollars.
There's no denying that the Supra (and the 300zx, Rx-7, etc.) were expensive for their time. A 1994 (C4) Corvette had an MSRP in 1994 of 36k. So the Supra had a higher retail price at the time than the Corvette ...