Eight ‘Maids-A-Milking’ Push Up Christmas index
Those nice folks over at Bloomberg’s have just released a table listing the prices for the items found in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Since Congress raised the minimum wage, hiring eight milkmaids will cost 13.6 percent more this year.
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It would be interesting to know details
If you double click on the text that is highlighted at the beginning of the post “Those nice folks over at Bloomberg’s have just released …” it will take you directly to the details you seek. Give a look. They are interesting. For example, one partridge in a pear tree went from $144.99 in 2006 to $164.99 in 2007. An increased of 13.8%.
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