In the past 5 years, the average American's real spendable income-that is, what you really can buy with your income, even after allowing for taxes and inflation-has increased by 16 percent.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
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It must have gotten mixed with his spendable money-it was about the size of ours-and I wondered how he had acquired enough of our money to pay his train fare.
"Crossroads of Destiny"
Henry Beam Piper