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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
If I was Calvin, I would make a deal where she would say I was particularly bad, and split the extra money with me.
Calvin will be an even bigger handful at 18.