In a 900 sf 2br 1bath house, with one car, no or maybe 1 TV, no ac, no computer, no gaming systems, no hand held games, no cable bill, no internet bill, one phone bill, going out to eat once a month or less, buying ingredients to make meals from, not prepared food. With significantly lower taxes (property, sales, income, gasoline)
In a world where most goods got manufactured locally or at least in the USA. Much of Europe was still recovering from ww11 and buying their equipment, tools and everything else needed to rebuild from us.
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