Young man, 1970 was way later than the Early 1960's !!!no, gas was never as cheap as a hamburger. I pumped gas at 40c a gallon in 1970, and the hamburger was 20c. The minimum wage was $1.60 and I cleared $1.25 an hour. So I could buy 6 burgers with an hour's work, and that burger was sold at a profit. Today, that would require you to clear $9 an hour. But the point is, you need to get your head out of your butt and get into making a clear 80k a year, or you'll suffer for the rest of your life. It's not that hard to do, if you'll just pay attention to what's what. All it takes is to own 4 boarding houses in OK, which can be bought by joining the National guard, having the guard pay for your college, saving your college loans and pell grants, using your VA home loan to get started, and marrying an Asian MD, dentist or engineer. there's millions of the latter who'll pay you 35k a year, cash, for 3 years, just for bringing them here. Decent 2000 sq ft homes can be had in OK for 30k, i am not kidding.