the good ole days?

ALL OF IT! The rate, the number of taxes......the WHOLE ball of wax.

Are you seriously saying you don't think we have more taxes now? Nobody's deflecting anything.
So far I haven't said anything about the amount, volume,or number of taxes. What I have said is that your example of the purchase price for gas and milk adjusted for inflation is on par and lower than today. At which point your went and accused me of using "fuzzy math" and still have not addressed the comparative purchase price for gas and milk.