How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?"

Yeah, you're right. It's not fair to blame everything on the current president. (Then again, it's not fair to blame everything on the last one either).

To me it's not so much about who's to blame but what's happening. You seem to point out numbers from the early 70's, correct? Back then the price of a house was about 2.4 times that of a yearly median wage. Today it's more than double at over 5 times the median wage. In my area a median house is about 13 times that of a median wage. I can live without McDonald's cheeseburgers, but it's kind of nice to have a roof over one's head and it would be even nicer if putting money towards that roof could result in some personal equity.

 

What I neglected to point out was that wages were also lower. Minimum wage then was also $1.60 an hour.

I was merely pointing out that times have always been hard...and always will be...unless and until one does better for themselves. I legally went from street rat to extremely comfortable in my 67+ years on this rock because I got off my azz and did it myself...not because someone made it easy for me. There's alway going to be something to deal with in life...regardless whether you vote Left, Right or Center.

 

...or the next one.