tonysam
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Thu Dec-03-09 06:51 PM
Response to Reply #55 |
| 58. They were ALL workers, whether blue collar or white collar. |
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Edited on Thu Dec-03-09 06:53 PM by tonysam
Doesn't matter. Most people, meaning men, were able to earn enough to support their families. Cut out the shit that times weren't better during 1945-1975. They were, and a hell of a lot better for more people.
Anybody who believes times are better now needs to have his or her head examined.
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| -Peace of Mind in America is gone. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 05:50 PM |
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"There was a time in this country when if you did a good job and worked hard..." |
ZombieHorde |
Dec-03-09 05:52 PM |
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Pretty much after WWll |
eleny |
Dec-03-09 05:56 PM |
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Yep. I think that is was only around the time from right after WWII to the 70's |
Caliman73 |
Dec-03-09 06:32 PM |
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Seem to me it was back in the 60's and 70's. Companies like IBM and AT&T were stable |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 05:56 PM |
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One word - Outsourced |
HipChick |
Dec-03-09 06:11 PM |
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A better word |
Knight Hawk |
Dec-03-09 06:28 PM |
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Up until about the Nixon administration, you could make it. |
stevedeshazer |
Dec-03-09 06:13 PM |
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1946-1979 aprox* - Reganism destroyed this country. |
KG |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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And it continues to. |
kenny blankenship |
Dec-03-09 06:51 PM |
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I was born in '46 and agree with that time frame |
eleny |
Dec-03-09 07:12 PM |
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K&R |
Jamastiene |
Dec-03-09 05:52 PM |
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Those times were gone long ago...... |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-03-09 05:54 PM |
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I think so. A man I knew for many years was a director for AT&T. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:01 PM |
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I made a deal with America, But the USA welched on its word. |
slampoet |
Dec-03-09 05:59 PM |
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Brings me to tears. How far we have come...or gone. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:02 PM |
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Exactly Correct!!! It used to be as you say, but now you never know day to day just |
RKP5637 |
Dec-03-09 06:02 PM |
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That was the Golden Age of America. Prior to about 1945 none of those things were true. |
Speck Tater |
Dec-03-09 06:04 PM |
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Is it impossible to bring those conditions back? |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:06 PM |
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Sure it's possible. Cut our population in half and then wait 2 million years for more oil to form. |
Speck Tater |
Dec-03-09 06:10 PM |
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Only by taking power back from the rich |
FiveGoodMen |
Dec-03-09 06:23 PM |
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For.certain.white.men. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:05 PM |
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Well, I'm a white woman who faced enormous odds in the mans' |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:09 PM |
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So am I. So did I. Wanna compare scars? |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:16 PM |
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Nope, don't want to compare scars. Just talking about peace of mind... |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:21 PM |
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That was not a personal attack. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:28 PM |
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British Way? |
Knight Hawk |
Dec-03-09 06:39 PM |
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In quotes. We inherited a lot from Britain. Our laws. Our |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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Don't let 'em tell you it never happened. |
stevedeshazer |
Dec-03-09 06:35 PM |
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For whom? n/t |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:43 PM |
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+1 |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:12 PM |
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When referenced today, is it really that hard... |
TCJ70 |
Dec-03-09 07:17 PM |
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I presume Raven thinks as you've posted. However, (ya knew it was coming), |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 07:23 PM |
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Raven nails it |
Skittles |
Dec-03-09 06:09 PM |
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a mouthful. +1 |
Better Today |
Dec-03-09 06:15 PM |
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Fair enough, rec5, I do think that as this so-called 'republic for which it stands' undergoes... |
bridgit |
Dec-03-09 06:17 PM |
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Well put. There is no Peace of Mind, and no faith in the future |
villager |
Dec-03-09 06:24 PM |
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What's happening is that the post-WWII bubble is just about gone. |
stevietheman |
Dec-03-09 06:26 PM |
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I think you are right. We live in a larger world but we haven't adjusted. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:30 PM |
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Agreed. We are going through a UK-style deflation, but... |
stevietheman |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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The spoils of winning a world war it seems in retrospect. nt |
phasma ex machina |
Dec-03-09 07:07 PM |
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Exactly. The American people were spoiled for decades after WWII. |
stevietheman |
Dec-04-09 01:36 PM |
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Because we fucking let it happen. |
RagAss |
Dec-03-09 06:29 PM |
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The only peace of mind I have is the few hours I sleep at night |
blues90 |
Dec-03-09 06:52 PM |
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Good Post ! |
RagAss |
Dec-04-09 12:57 AM |
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not this again. |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:29 PM |
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Not made up. Were you there? There was a time when corporate |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:33 PM |
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Yes, I was there and as someone upthread pointed out |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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It was called the social contract. I think some of the younger posters |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:50 PM |
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not this again. |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:30 PM |
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Dec-03-09 06:32 PM |
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... |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:34 PM |
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What does ... mean? |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:35 PM |
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I thought I was dreaming or demented! |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:34 PM |
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you're calling me a troll, Ms. July '09? |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:35 PM |
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Preach it, cali!!!! And THANK YOU!!! n/t |
Fire1 |
Dec-03-09 06:51 PM |
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Sorry, but it did. n/t |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:36 PM |
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Yes it did. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:38 PM |
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From 1945-1975 the American Dream was a reality |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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Not if you were black it wasn't. And for most of that time it didn't exist |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:41 PM |
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Again. For whom? n/t |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:42 PM |
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If you are talking about minorities, no, but it sure as hell was for the vast majority |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:44 PM |
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So, for you and yours. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:48 PM |
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1945 > on wiped out American Working Class solidarity |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:42 PM |
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The working class had great solidarity as did the middle class until |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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Ah...so you differentiate between the classes? |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:49 PM |
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They were ALL workers, whether blue collar or white collar. |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:51 PM |
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Have you read any history not in the "approved canon" of the US? |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:54 PM |
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For whom? n/t |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:41 PM |
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You already had your question answered. Stop it. n/t |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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Not at the time I posted that, I hadn't. Though the answer was a bit |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:49 PM |
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I'll answer that: For white men. n/t |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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For SOME white men. |
blues90 |
Dec-03-09 06:58 PM |
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Of a certain class or classes. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:59 PM |
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killed by the wealthy |
branders seine |
Dec-03-09 06:52 PM |
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Unemployment in 1955 was 4.4% |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Dec-03-09 06:57 PM |
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"Everywhere around me I see jealousy and mayhem because no men have all their peace of mind to carry |
tXr |
Dec-03-09 07:38 PM |
#70 |
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