As is my wont at this time of the year I am having another stab at the
hopeless task of bringing order to my mountain of unsorted papers. It is
amazing what one finds in these rummagings.
I found a recent communication to me wherein it was claimed that rise in the
cost of living was almost non-existent and that the government did not feel
that the citezenry was overtaxed.
As is the nature of piles of paper, right next to it I found a hand-written
sheet dated 1986 wherein I attempted to calculate my monthly living
expenses. This was right as I started my first job after university as a
research engineer.
The following are my largest expenses while living in a clean but simple
4 1/2 apartment in the cheap but not nasty part of town.
Rent $150
Cable TV with special convertor $15
Newpaper & magazine subscription $15
Food $130
gasoline $45
Now keep in mind that this is only in 1986, not in the depression. No change
in cost of living indeed! Try and rent an apartment in Montreal for $150
today and you had best not count on getting electricity, water or windows.
Mark
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