DON'T WORRY, PEOPLE 100 YEARS AGO WERE ALSO SUFFERING FINANCIALLY; FROM 1922 ARTICLE:
COMPARING THE COST OF THESE COMMODITIES IN MARCH 1922 WITH JULY 1914, IT WAS FOUND THAT FOOD, THE LARGEST ITEM IN THE FAMILY BUDGET COST 42 PERCENT MORE THAN IN 1914, SHELTER ABOUT 65 PERCENT MORE, CLOTHING 54 PERCENT, FUEL AND LIGHT 77 PERCENT, SUNDRIES 74 PERCENT.