According to CPI Inflation Calculator, $5 in March of 1988 is roughly equivalent to $13.63 in January 2025 (no data is available yet for February). So you’re right.
ETA: I know you’re joking, and it’s a good joke. Just putting this here for anyone else curious /pos
A $5 advance was a bargain, given all she had to go through.
5 dollars in 1988 was roughly* one mortgage payment.
(*I did not look up an inflation calculator)
According to CPI Inflation Calculator, $5 in March of 1988 is roughly equivalent to $13.63 in January 2025 (no data is available yet for February). So you’re right.
ETA: I know you’re joking, and it’s a good joke. Just putting this here for anyone else curious /pos