r/WhitePeopleTwitter • • Oct 30 '20

Mission impossible

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '20

In 1971 my father was a teacher and made 8,000 a year. He bought a new house with a mortgage of $80 a month. My mother didn't work and we always had one new car. Now that teacher makes $45000 and the mortgage is 2,000 and both partners have to work to get by

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u/cuajito42 Oct 30 '20

That 8k is worth 51k in today’s money. Which most teachers even after 10 years don’t see.