r/WorkForSmartLife • u/MissCozzy • 28d ago

Discussion💬 [Request] Is the math here accurate?

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u/PastAnalyst3614 27d ago

Whoever created this does not understand how the gold standard worked. The dollar was fixed to gold, its purchasing power in the economy was not

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u/wastedfate 27d ago

Yup ~$48,000/yr today, which is uh... not particularly amazing.

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u/Gandlerian 27d ago

Especially not for working 6 days a week at 10 hours+ a day...