XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: bks@panix.com   
      
    |   
    | The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10,000   
    | in 1970 to $106,000 today, an increase of 10x.   
    |   
    | However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000   
    | to $445,000, an increase of 17x.   
    |   
    | And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to   
    | $50,000, an increase of 14x.   
    |   
    | The median cost of college has gone from $2,900 a year to   
    | $45,000, an increase of 16x.   
    |   
    | And the average cost of healthcare per person has gone from   
    | $350 to $14,600, an increase of 42x.   
    |   
      
      
       --bks   
      
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