In 1971, a 4-year public college cost about $1,800 all-in — roughly 19 weeks of household work. A summer job covered it. Today the same degree costs $108,000, or 70 weeks of household income. The sentence “I paid for college with a summer job” stopped making sense somewhere in the last fifty years — and the reason isn’t the admissions office.

This week’s receipt traces where the money went. Measured in gold, college actually got 35% cheaper since 1971. Measured in Bitcoin, a degree got 80% cheaper in just the last six years — from 5.5 BTC in 2020 to 1.1 BTC today. The college didn’t change. The yardstick did.

In the Zoom Out: the CLARITY Act keeps moving, spot Bitcoin ETF inflows stay near record monthly pace, the BITCOIN Act and a possible Treasury reserve buy in Q4, and U.S. national debt crosses $36 trillion with interest payments now exceeding the entire defense budget. In the Exit: $1.7 trillion in U.S. student debt, three generations of families paying off one admissions decision, and how a fixed-supply money flips the math. Off the Receipt: should you skip college? What’s a realistic Bitcoin allocation if you’re not betting the house?

Next week: rent. The renter’s side of EP1’s house story. The math is just as ugly.

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In 1970, a routine doctor visit cost ten dollars. Today, the same fifteen-minute checkup costs three hundred. That’s a thirty-times increase — but wages only grew six times. You now work five times longer to see the same doctor for the same visit.

This week’s receipt traces where the money went. Total U.S. healthcare spending per person exploded from $353/year in 1970 to over $15,400/year in 2024 — a 44x increase that outpaced general inflation by five times. The M2 money supply expanded 35x in the same period. The medicine didn’t change. The money did.

In the Zoom Out: the CLARITY Act clears the Senate Banking Committee, spot Bitcoin ETFs post their biggest monthly inflow of 2026, and the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve gets a timeline update. In the Exit: a doctor visit priced in Bitcoin dropped 99.5% since 2015. Off the Receipt: does Bitcoin actually fix healthcare?

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In 1990, the average American family spent about $3,500 a year on childcare. Today, that number is over $15,000 — and in some cities, it's north of $25,000. Daycare used to be an afterthought on the family budget. Now it's a line item that rivals the mortgage.

This isn't just about daycare getting more expensive. It's about the dollar getting weaker. When you measure childcare costs in real terms — in gold, in hours worked, in purchasing power — the picture changes completely.

In this episode of The Receipt, we break down exactly how much daycare costs have risen, why the CPI doesn't tell the full story, and what it means for families trying to build a future on a currency that loses value every single year.

Topics covered:

• The real cost of daycare: 1990 vs. 2026
• Why wages haven't kept up with childcare inflation
• How the CPI masks the true impact on families
• The hidden tax of currency debasement on working parents
• What happens when you price daycare in sound money

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