Dunkin Beach and the Inflation Lesson

Windham once had five public beaches on Cobbett’s Pond. Duncan Beach, Armstrong Beach, Bella Vista, Sandy Beach and Haleigh’s Beach. They were very popular places and huge money makers. In 1972 Duncan Beach brought in about $110,000 from the end of May to September. That’s $833,897 in 2023 dollars. The best part was most of the transactions including the cost of parking was in cash. The good thing for the customer was it was $5 per car on Sunday, not by the person, so you could fill up the vehicle with as many people as would fit. And who could forget the hundreds of black and white rowboats filling the end of the small pond!

Are you wondering why you feel so broke? Well, in order to have $100,000 in 1972 dollars, you would need $734,511 in 2023 to remain equal. If you made $25,000 a year in 1972, you would need to make $183,627 to remain equal. And now, the U.S. government is running multi-trillion dollar deficits, partially to pay for illegal immigration and Ukraine, which will lead to even higher deficits and inflation as the FED prints more money to plug the whole. If it isn’t stopped soon, we’ll all be bankrupt! Maybe that’s what they want, a bankrupt middle class so we can be controlled.