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County Living Costs—
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the creeping kind, has come "to be accepted by the public Sis normal. It has been taking fplace regularly, for many £years. It has been looked upon iin fact, as beneficial by many |economists. They contend that Jit makes for busier factories f more employment and larger It profits. jt The 1965-66 rise in the ^consumer price index, which |has averaged more than 2.8 percent nationally, is causing ^concern, however. The pace Ms faster than in any year in ? the last ten. t, Because of it, basic living £Costs in the local area are approximately $121 higher per ^family than they were in 1965 at this time.
That is the extent to which it has affected families in Rap pahannock County that have an t after-tax income of $4,655, ;^the local average. t For families at the $12,00C level, the loss in buying power amounts to $312 a year. Those *with net incomes of $4,000, -On the other hand, have a drop
85.2%