$1,000 used to take you much further than it does today

HAPPY #1,000!

It’s 1,000 weeks of bringing an awesome magazine to the world’s greatest kids!

I mean, there’s big and then there’s, well, big.

And 1,000 is big.

It’s huge.

Ginormous.

You can do anything with 1,000 of something — except when you can’t.

Did you know that 69 percent of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings account? That is awful financial budgeting. Sure, it’s great to have $1,000. But imagine one day, while that person is clearing the table, he trips over the open dishwasher door and breaks it! That could wipe out all of his savings. And what if the oven breaks next?

The truth is, while it’s a nice round sum, $1,000 used to be able to take you much further than it does today. Well, actually, it might have taken you further in terms of travel, e.g., a round trip ticket to Eretz Yisrael (come say hi)!

Or a whole summer in camp, a dozen years ago, with friends and fun.