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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sr K who wrote (16516)	4/6/2008 6:27:27 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

$1,500 back then is more like $10,000 today. Add in room and board and you're talking an equivalent of $20,000. Why won't you admit that $1,500 42 years ago is not the same as $1,500 today? I really think you should take some finance classes. As to Hillary's father, here's a quote from WikiPedia: "After the war, he [Hillary's Father] began what was to prove to be a very successful career in the textile supply industry, starting with Rodrik Fabrics, a drapery fabric business located in Chicago's famous Merchandise Mart building.[2] He later opened a fabric print plant building on the North Side." He was a small business owner and could afford to send his daughter to Wellesley College, one of the most expensive colleges around at the time. Wellesley is where rich people send their daughters, even to this day. Right now, Wellesley has a $1.7 billion endowment, which is pretty big for a small school like that.