One dollar can still buy a few items in today’s society. Even less items sell for less than a dollar. A dollar and some odd cents can buy a few more items. Most of these items come from a dollar store, some snack options from a convenient store, or food items on a fast food value menu.
Another item one can buy with a lone dollar is a singular issue of the Green River Star newspaper. I as a newspaper reporter think this is a great price, considering all the effort and hours of work that is put into a single newspaper edition by the people who create it.
Some would say one dollar is too much for a weekly paper, yet the Green River Star is comparable in price to other Wyoming newspapers. Other weekly newspapers also charging $1 an issue include the Buffalo Bulletin, the News Letter Journal from Newcastle and the Saratoga Sun. There are some weeklies that do sell for less than a dollar, which are usually smaller, more rural communities. One dollar is a common selling price through out the state of Wyoming for a newspaper serving a community the size of the city of Green River.
For one dollar, someone can find out a week of local-news highlights.
If one were to buy a single newspaper out of a news stand every week, one dollar a week, a year would add up to $52.
On the same note, buying a newspaper subscription for the Green River Star costs $35 a year. That saves someone $17. Buying a subscription is cheaper for someone if they buy a newspaper every week anyway.
That said though, in the grand scheme of things a measly $1 is not much to spend on a newspaper, especially considering all of the things one spends $1 on, or more than $1 on, frequently. I sacrifice a few dollars or more of cash every time I want my latte fix for the day.
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