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Just to save anyone else the effort, inflation adjusted those numbers are: $1,031.36, $2,121.66, and $442.01.

Based on what? The data sources I can find put inflation since 1975 at ~470%, which sounds high, but even then $25 is only ~$140, not $442.01

I used this: https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

Checking again it looks like I'd used this calculator in the past for $250 so I got an extra zero in there by accident via autocomplete, sorry. I can no longer edit the original.

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