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2023-09-01 01:17:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 91D427D7A0942D9660CEB81863244BB06C4D94A470D37BFB8C9BD926E7EEB30C
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Original Note:
The $4.2k salary from the video (adjusted to inflation at $95k today) is pulled from IRS taxable returns, which only accounted for 1.3% of the population. The real, inflation-adjusted salary from 1933 would only be $24.5k today. https://fee.org/articles/were-americans-really-better-off-during-the-great-depression/
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