Eh, more buying power than that, though. Jesus parables make it pretty clear a silver piece was a day's wages for a worker, such as his parable of the vineyard workers. So Judas' payout in terms of money in those days would be about a month's wage for a working stiff.
Threadtax: The internet's burning up after AOC revealed that she finally visited her Grandma, who's sick and been living in squalor since 2017. Naturally, having discovered this, AOC immediately decided it was Trump's fault.
Some people have noted that AOC has a six-figure salary (before bribes from lobbyists), wears only designer clothes, and drives an expensive Tesla car, and thus might be expected to have the cash to actually throw a few bucks down rather than let granny live in squalor for
several years. However, she's firm for her beliefs that the cost of granny's house needs to be subsidized by the
rest of the country, not her.
Fortunately, a gofundme has been started for AOC's Abuela, since AOC is too cheap to throw down the 300 or so dollars it would cost to fix a ceiling in Puerto Rico.
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