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The value of the dollar over time.....

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Managing Real Estate Broker with Fathom Realty PB00068179

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Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my post.  My intent is to put a smile on your face.  Hopefully you’ll go away with some information you may have forgotten about or did not know.  Now sit back and enjoy the post for the day.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of course is famous for their expedition across America.  It lasted from May 1804 to September 1806.  However do you know how much expense money was allotted by Congress for that expedition?  Why it was the enormous amount of $2,500.00.  That amount today won’t get you very far but it beats nothing… BTW the same expedition would today cost 70,500,000.00.  Isn’t it strange how time flies and so does the value of a dollar?

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Comments (18)

Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, James Dray  another nice piece of trivia....hope your day is a productive one...

Apr 13, 2015 09:06 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Interesting fact, but rather sickening in a way.....the cost of anything today is ridiculous.

Apr 13, 2015 09:07 PM
Sarah Cole
Strategic Digital Marketing Consultant - http://www.coleconnectmarketing.com - Tully, NY
Strategic Social Media Consultant

That IS very interesting.  Have a wonderful day James Dray !!  

 

P.S. Read this one aloud to my husband. 

Apr 13, 2015 09:16 PM
Donald Urschalitz
Lubeck Realty Group - Jupiter, FL
P.A. Realtor ABR RSPS North Palm Beach County

Just the fact of the distance traveled that was a great deal.

Apr 13, 2015 09:27 PM
Tom White
Franklin Homes Realty LLC (615) 495-0752 or www.FranklinHomesRealty.com - Franklin, TN
Franklin Homes Realty LLC, Franklin TN

James, that is a very cool piece of trivia! Since you posted this an hour ago the cost just went up another million!

Apr 13, 2015 10:00 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning James. Your point is so important. The value of money has changed but it is not different.

Apr 13, 2015 10:45 PM
Scott Seaton Jr. SLS Home Insp
SLS Home Inspections-Kankakee Will Iroquois Grundy Counties - Bourbonnais, IL
The Home Inspector With a Heart!

I betting Lewis and Clark were pretty frugal with where their money was spent.

Apr 13, 2015 10:51 PM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Inflation is a not so funny thing.

Apr 13, 2015 10:56 PM
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

Good morning James,

The cost would be much higher with overruns and pork to the areas involved!

Make yourself a great day.

Apr 13, 2015 11:11 PM
Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

Some of the best spent government funds ever James Dray. No added pork either!

Apr 14, 2015 12:00 AM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

So true James, this shows you inflation and over spending

Apr 14, 2015 01:08 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Two years to bum around and explore on $2500. That's just incredible. No wait, that was my youth . . . crash pads and hitchhiking.

Apr 14, 2015 02:12 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

At that cost we would never get it accomplished, it would take an act of congress to approve it!

Apr 14, 2015 12:49 PM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

That is incredible James Dray ! I do think you could fly 1st class from St Louis to Portland Oregon for $2500 and rent a car for the rest of the trip..

Apr 15, 2015 03:50 AM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

That is hard to believe. Today you would have minimum wage standards and environmental responsibilities plus taxes and and permits and the list goes on and on.

Apr 15, 2015 09:15 AM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Good morning James. I do have to agree with the others, a nice piece of trivia.

Apr 15, 2015 07:33 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Someone posted on my FB page the pornographic about dollar. It is a little depressing. The Gov. keeps on printing money. How long can they use this little dirty trick?

Apr 19, 2015 07:18 PM
Jane Chaulklin-Schott
TEAMCONNECT REALTY - (407) 394-9766 - Orlando, FL
TeamConnect Luxury Homes - Orlando, Florida, 32836

James, somewhere...sometime...someplace, I have a feeling I will be able to use that information - the value of a dollar over time.

Nov 06, 2015 01:04 PM