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markbark

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3. Not as appalling as it seems

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2024, 10:08 AM

Dec 22

Shillings to dollars in 1840 and then converting to modern values is not as simple as it seems:
Politifact reports "....there is no good way to determine what 15 shillings then would amount to in U.S. wages today. He added that "Dickens knew what a barely-above-starvation wage would be for a worker like Cratchit with his family would be, as did his readers."

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An absolutely pathetic Christmas tale [View all] True Dough Dec 22 OP

Greedy capitalist business owners look at payroll as highway robbery Walleye Dec 22 #1

Good grief. Stated like that it's more than appalling. Biophilic Dec 22 #2

Not as appalling as it seems markbark Dec 22 #3

Bottom line: True Dough Dec 22 #4

Can be calculated based on government sources JT45242 Dec 22 #6

I always took that work not as not about greed. Igel Dec 22 #7

I have always said Scrooge was really a nice guy. 😀 Wonder Why Dec 22 #5