{"id":27216,"date":"2014-10-07T00:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T07:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=27216"},"modified":"2016-07-16T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T21:30:45","slug":"infographic-how-the-american-dream-is-getting-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id27216-infographic-how-the-american-dream-is-getting-more-expensive.html","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: How the American Dream Is Getting More Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27223\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream.jpg\" alt=\"american dream\" width=\"350\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/american-dream-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>No, it&#8217;s not your imagination. The cost of maintaining the American dream is getting harder with each passing year. To illustrate, the folks from Vouchercloud have put together a detailed graphic that succinctly summarizes price increases since 2004 of everyday items including milk, gasoline, Big Macs, movie tickets and wages &#8212; both average and minimum.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and as an added bonus, they also included the adjusted prices for inflation too &#8212; lest there be no confusion over real versus nominal <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id602-18-scary-things-you-didnt-know-about-inflation-and-hyperinflation.html\">price inflation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the data is not encouraging &#8212; we&#8217;re all getting far less bang for our buck with each passing year:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vouchercloud-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/vcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/costofliving_us_desktop-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">An infographic by the team at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vouchercloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">vouchercloud<\/a>; Photo by: torba hopper<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, it&#8217;s not your imagination. The cost of maintaining the American dream is getting harder with each passing year. To illustrate, the folks from Vouchercloud have put together a detailed graphic that succinctly summarizes price increases since 2004 of everyday items including milk, gasoline, Big Macs, movie tickets and wages &#8212; both average and minimum. 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