This just isn't true. Most appliances and home goods are substantially cheaper relative to wages, than they were in the 60s. You have to really buy top-end stuff to get close or match the numbers.
And it's not just technology goods like TVs (which have PLUMMETED in cost), but basic stuff like a hand mixer. Those beige GE 3 speed mixers they started selling in the very early 70s ran $15 when new. In inflation adjusted terms, that's about $130. It's hard to find any hand mixer that costs that much outside of professional products. Even a 9 speed KitchenAid with a bunch of inserts the GE didn't have only runs $85. Just as an example.
Okay valid but these used to be items you only really purchased once per lifetime and many of them now need to be re-purchased every five or ten years and I must admit my focus was much more on regular, unavoidable expenses.
A fridge may have fallen from around 5% annual income to around 1% annual income, however, just the food bill for a family for the month has gone from half a week's pay in 1965 prices to now taking the whole week's income in 2026 which definitely does not align with the story we are being sold about inflation, not to mention utility and maintenance costs, people are slowly drowning out here from unavoidable costs.
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u/lilsnatchsniffz 8h ago
Literally everything was a steal in 60s money compared to now. It's almost as if we are being sold a lie with inflation numbers.