• Flying Squid
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      81 month ago

      I remember when you could get a taco for 59 cents at Taco Bell. And this wasn’t the 40s, this was the 90s.

      • @IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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        51 month ago

        Yup, the Taco Bell commercial jingle in the early 90s was based on their menu prices:

        59, 79, 99

        Everything (or just about everything) on the menu fit into those price ranges. Fast food was where you went to get something cheap and filling. Prices go up, I get that. But even back then, that was considered super cheap. Still, inflation isn’t the problem. The problem is that wages have not been keeping pace with inflation for decades.

      • iAmTheTot
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        21 month ago

        It would be dubious if you were referring to the 40’s, not only given the age that would make you but for the fact that Taco Bell didn’t exist yet.