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Today's theme for the Macro Mondays Group is - "embossed"
Seen here, the obverse of the American Eagle Silver Coins uses the “Walking Liberty”. Liberty walks in profile, draped in the folds of the American flag. Her right arm is extended and she carries laurel and oak branches in her left.
Thought I'd take the opportunity on this 2023 Labor Day Holiday by using this theme to cite a bit of trivia relating the value of one's "labor wages" and the correlation to inflation over time.....
In August of 1971, President Richard Nixon & his team enacted a plan that ended dollar convertibility to gold to "implement wage and price controls"....& thus creating the "fiat" dollar.
So.......what happened since then ??
In August of 1971, an average loaf of bread cost $.25
Therefore the US $1.00 could buy 4 loaves.
In August of 1971, one troy ounce of silver was at $1.60
Therefore it could buy 6.4 loaves of bread.
In August of 2023, an average loaf of bread across the US costs $2.50
Therefore the same US $1.00 can't even buy a half loaf.
In August of 2023, the same troy ounce of silver's value is around $24.00
Therefore, one can buy ~ 9.6 loaves .
Question...which one has held its value over time?
The "paper" fiat dollar or silver?
Research shows roughly the same statistics for Gold.
Educate yourselves on this folks......
Liberty is "the condition of being free from oppressive restriction or control by a government or other power".
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.
Have a Blessed Labor Day folks.....& pray for everyone.....in ALL Countries.
"In God We Trust" means more now than ever before....
Within the walls of Black Canyon on either side of Hoover Dam, the Colorado River was diverted around the dam site through four 50-foot-diameter tunnels. The tunnels, with a total combined length of 15,946 feet, or about three miles, were excavated to 56 feet and lined with three feet (300,000 cubic yards) of concrete. They could carry over 200,000 cubic feet - more than 1.5 million gallons - of water per second! The river was first diverted through the two Arizona tunnels on November 14, 1932. After being used for river diversion, the inner tunnels were plugged with concrete approximately one-third their length below the canyon wall inlets, and the outer tunnels were plugged approximately halfway. The two inner tunnels now contain 30-foot-diameter steel pipes (also called penstocks and seen in the photograph above) which connect the intake towers in the reservoir with the powerplant and canyon wall outlet works. The downstream halves of the two outer tunnels are used for spillway outlets.
Throughout these tunnels, forty-four thousand tons of steel were formed and welded into 14,800 feet of pipe varying from 8 1/2 to 30 feet in diameter. Each length of the largest pipe - 12 feet long, 30 feet in diameter, and 2 3/4 inches thick - was made from 3 steel plates, of such weight that only two plates could be shipped from the steel mill to the fabricating plant on one railroad car. Two such lengths of pipe welded together make one section weighing approximately 135 tons or, at intersections with the penstocks, as much as 186 tons.
At the time of the construction of Hoover Dam (started in 1931 and completed in 1936), the contractor was given a time frame of 7 years to complete all work or face penalties for any time used beyond this limit. In order to fulfill this requirement set by the U.S. government, thousands of job-seekers converged around Boulder City, building makeshift camps. Employment peaked at 5,251 in July 1934. Men came and went, with the total reaching over 21,000 laborers performing work on the dam. The lowest wage was 50 cents an hour, and the highest was $1.25. The average for all of the workers at the dam was about 62.5 cents an hour. These men worked thousands of hours to make this dream a reality for the United States. And, these are the people that should be celebrated on Labor Day...a federal holiday to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. Thank you for your contributions to building America...
And...for all its history and contributions to engineering & the U.S. labor movement, Hoover Dam has been included on ASCE's List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 1250
Aperture – f/7.1
Exposure – 1/2 second
Focal Length – 38mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Driving eastbound Kansas State Highway 10 (K-10), between the Lexington Avenue and Kill Creek Road interchanges, approaching a construction zone where repairs are ongoing for the eastbound bridge over Kill Creek.
De Soto, Kansas
Monday afternoon 4 September 2023
Driving westbound I-70/Kansas Turnpike, just past the Eudora/Tonganoxie interchange (Exit 212), approaching the Lawrence Service Area on the horizon.
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Monday morning 4 September 2023
Driving westbound I-70/Kansas Turnpike, approaching the East Lawrence interchange to US-24/US-40/US-59 (Exit 204).
Douglas County, Kansas
Monday morning 4 September 2023
Driving westbound I-70/Kansas Turnpike at dusk, just west of the Eudora/Tonganoxie interchange (Exit 212), approaching the Lawrence Service Area on the horizon.
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Friday evening 1 September 2023
Various classic toys - Slinky, Etch A Sketch, Stretch Armstrong, and (Mr.) Potato Head - at The Toy Store, along Massachusetts Street.
Lawrence, Kansas
Monday afternoon 4 September 2023
Driving westbound I-70 (and US-24/US-40 and the Kansas Turnpike), approaching the 110th Street/Village West Parkway interchange (Exit 410) near the Kansas Speedway/Legends/Village West area.
Kansas City, Kansas
Monday morning 4 September 2023
Free State Brewing Company, along Massachusetts Street.
Lawrence, Kansas
Monday morning 4 September 2023
Driving westbound I-70/Kansas Turnpike (around Mile Marker 217.6), approaching the Eastern Terminal toll plaza.
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Monday morning 4 September 2023
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