Sixty bucks for gas and Mickey Dee’s.

More accurately: $61.49, but that does not flow off the tongue as well.

Permit me to establish some general, life-experience-style benchmarks for our current domestic economy.  This morning, I went out to fill up the gas tank of the car, and treat my kids to some fast-food breakfast.  Nothing fancy: the car does not take premium gasoline, and we’re talking breakfast sandwiches and a hotcakes and sausage level of drive-through. Here are the receipts.

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