Nominal wages vs purchasing price

I tried to read the post. Really. But it was ... so lonnng! I got confused. And then there were all those comments! They were just words! Reading is harrrd.

From Twain's Conn. Yankee
Nominal wages vs purchasing price:
"It isn't what sum you get, it's how much you can buy with it, that's the important thing..."

Arguing with low-information serfs:
"But if you will believe me, he merely looked surprised, that is all! He didn't grasp the situation at all.... I could have shot him, from sheer vexation."

http://bit.ly/yankwage

(h/t the mindful daughter for pointing this out)

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