• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I remember when you could get a taco for 59 cents at Taco Bell. And this wasn’t the 40s, this was the 90s.

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        5 months ago

        Yup, the Taco Bell commercial jingle in the early 90s was based on their menu prices:

        59, 79, 99

        Everything (or just about everything) on the menu fit into those price ranges. Fast food was where you went to get something cheap and filling. Prices go up, I get that. But even back then, that was considered super cheap. Still, inflation isn’t the problem. The problem is that wages have not been keeping pace with inflation for decades.