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18 August 2026

A 1967 TV interview asked a family what they spent. The numbers are hard to look at now.

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A 1967 TV interview asked a family what they spent. The numbers are hard to look at now.

In 1967, a television crew asked a couple with four children exactly what they earned and spent. The figures are circulating again for obvious reasons.

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