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K & R n/t OneGrassRoot Sep 2019 #1
Reagan was too addled Cartaphelius Sep 2019 #116
reagan killed the fairness doctrine in 87 and it's been downhill since, with 1500 radio stations certainot Oct 2019 #144
it was fucking Ronald Reagan gopiscrap Sep 2019 #2
+1 n/t Hugin Sep 2019 #15
It was Movement Conservatives... JHB Sep 2019 #30
PATCO.... lastlib Sep 2019 #38
That was the big turning point. lpbk2713 Sep 2019 #93
Reagan Democrats bought into his con Martin Eden Sep 2019 #51
Yes seta1950 Sep 2019 #66
Yup. gldstwmn Sep 2019 #67
I agree, it was the Ronald Reagan era... GetRidOfThem Sep 2019 #72
Actually DENVERPOPS Sep 2019 #74
Yup, dear old Ronnie madamesilverspurs Sep 2019 #83
Yep. BadgerMom Sep 2019 #90
Yes, times 10000000. we can do it Sep 2019 #94
Got that right! Different Drummer Sep 2019 #107
Ronand Reagan started us down a path we are paying for even to this day. Joe941 Sep 2019 #3
I remember wondering why anyone would vote for such a moral hazard. And do it again. DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #16
Sure enough. Took the words right out of my mouth world wide wally Sep 2019 #18
Bingo wryter2000 Sep 2019 #43
Amen. Yours is a familiar journey for many of us. yonder Sep 2019 #4
Recommended. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #5
The Gilded Age has returned luvtheGWN Sep 2019 #32
That is on purpose. Caliman73 Sep 2019 #45
Really nailed it captain queeg Sep 2019 #6
Nowadays, sending your kids to college maxrandb Sep 2019 #7
And at the end of those 4 years, she will be driving for Uber in her downtime from her tblue37 Sep 2019 #9
Unions raise everyone's wages ... aggiesal Sep 2019 #101
Now you hit the point True Blue American Oct 2019 #129
"Suddenly, it was the grocery store clerk or union worker that were the cause of all America's troub Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #8
Gen. X, Gen Y, etc. Doc_Technical Sep 2019 #10
All of us boomers are NOT complicit! llmart Sep 2019 #12
Too many boomers looked the other way. Blue_true Sep 2019 #22
I submit that Reagan appealed to them luvtheGWN Sep 2019 #36
They were faced with a choice... Caliman73 Sep 2019 #60
Don't forget the little matter drmeow Sep 2019 #92
Before then. Nixon and the Chennault Affair. Caliman73 Oct 2019 #145
My anger and hatred drmeow Oct 2019 #154
So true! and so very sad. mountain grammy Sep 2019 #97
This message was self-deleted by its author appalachiablue Sep 2019 #63
Exactly! brutus smith Sep 2019 #37
You said it! True Blue American Oct 2019 #131
DITTO Skittles Sep 2019 #24
Amen and thank you. llmart Sep 2019 #28
I too enjoy working with young people Skittles Sep 2019 #33
Young people today True Blue American Oct 2019 #132
agreed Skittles Oct 2019 #135
I am so proud True Blue American Oct 2019 #139
Your sentiment is correct for you individually. I feel the same way. However, my generation -- KPN Sep 2019 #29
Not true. cate94 Sep 2019 #53
Generation has nothing to do with party affiliation. KPN Sep 2019 #109
How many of you Remember Gov Dick Lamb DENVERPOPS Sep 2019 #91
Unsubstantiated accusations don't cut it, so please explain whathehell Oct 2019 #128
two things that boomers bought into wholesale stopdiggin Oct 2019 #137
Again, that's just an assertion, one you haven't backed up whathehell Oct 2019 #167
so Reagan won landslide elections stopdiggin Oct 2019 #168
Lol..I see you've 'moved the goal posts' from Boomers bearing full responsibility whathehell Oct 2019 #169
Boomers voted for Reagan in large numbers stopdiggin Oct 2019 #170
They voted for him in FEWER numbers than other demographics, so. whathehell Oct 2019 #171
The boomers were also the Hippi generation lapfog_1 Sep 2019 #34
At this point, Gen X is complicit also TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #40
And then some loyalsister Oct 2019 #163
You know, many/most Boomer women never had "the good times" dawg day Sep 2019 #70
Thanks for your post. Nt raccoon Sep 2019 #88
Good post; you are so right. Nt spooky3 Sep 2019 #105
The squeeze was on the boomers and "greatest" generation, too. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2019 #111
Yes, pretty much from 1950 to 1970-- dawg day Sep 2019 #113
When I was a recruiter for the Navy in the late eighties/early nineties maxrandb Sep 2019 #114
I liked your point that the wages haven't kept up at all dawg day Oct 2019 #125
Well said.. thank you. mountain grammy Sep 2019 #120
Amen! LittleGirl Oct 2019 #136
This Boomer RobinA Sep 2019 #95
but how many of the people you graduated with stopdiggin Oct 2019 #138
Me too. It's a regional thing too. dawg day Oct 2019 #141
I'm coming out of retirement to say KNOCK IT OFF! Warpy Oct 2019 #134
The population of the USA bought it hook, line and sinker. AJT Sep 2019 #11
12.60 then is like 40 or so now. nt msongs Sep 2019 #13
about $35, but still. Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #48
I remember hearing some incredibly well-paid anchorman a couple years ago call an $11/hr job-- dawg day Sep 2019 #80
All this while the country got much richer Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #87
I remember the time clearly. DENVERPOPS Sep 2019 #96
trace it to Rotten Ronnie and the Newt Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #14
DURec leftstreet Sep 2019 #17
Since the republicans decided that anyone not in the 1% were simply useless eaters. smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #19
What happened? Blue_true Sep 2019 #20
Right with you extvbroadcaster Sep 2019 #21
K & R Still Sensible Sep 2019 #23
For everyone blaming Reagan: He was an actor who knew how to read lines. erronis Sep 2019 #25
Reagan started this orangecrush Sep 2019 #26
That was a lot of money in those days. JohnnyRingo Sep 2019 #27
Right on, brother. trof Sep 2019 #31
I think there was a lot of bad press about unions in the 60's to late 70's. Ligyron Sep 2019 #58
True True Blue American Oct 2019 #130
K & R. Great post. And spot on. We need to fix things -- starting by electing a D to the WH, KPN Sep 2019 #35
What you said, I agree. saidsimplesimon Sep 2019 #42
1980 - Ronald Reagan paleotn Sep 2019 #39
How bout those grocery chain Waltons? jalan48 Sep 2019 #41
Excellent post. Thank you. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #44
Unreal, WOW! Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #46
KnR Hekate Sep 2019 #47
Fantastic! Cracklin Charlie Sep 2019 #49
Pensions were replaced with 401k SallyHemmings Sep 2019 #50
Oh, old buddy, let us share this. blm Sep 2019 #52
Share away maxrandb Oct 2019 #158
Thanks. blm Oct 2019 #164
Great post. I'm in a much more fortunate position than most spooky3 Sep 2019 #54
I have no doubt that if Trump serves another term, he will find a way to dip Baitball Blogger Sep 2019 #55
THAT won't be the half of it......... DENVERPOPS Sep 2019 #99
Great post njhoneybadger Sep 2019 #56
There was a point when "hard work" became "for losers" dawg day Sep 2019 #57
I realized our country was falling apart when a client told me MaryMagdaline Sep 2019 #59
So well written, maxrandb.. I cried.. Cha Sep 2019 #61
the counter culture was all but dead and christofasicsts began their campaign with Reagan. Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #62
Reagan wrecked the middle class The Wizard Sep 2019 #64
In 1980, a friend was making 38k a year as an embalmer backtoblue Sep 2019 #65
that seems like a lot of money for a grocery store in 1981 Skittles Sep 2019 #68
I made $13.30 at Kroger in the Deli in 1982. KentuckyWoman Sep 2019 #78
I must have been in the wrong business! Skittles Sep 2019 #79
It was Big Bear Groceries maxrandb Sep 2019 #85
I have never received "birthday pay" EVER Skittles Sep 2019 #86
Yep, we got 8 hours pay for our birthday, whether you worked that day or not maxrandb Sep 2019 #100
I worked at a union grocery store through high school & college dflprincess Sep 2019 #118
That is $29.32 in today's money Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #151
Well said. I hear you! Newest Reality Sep 2019 #69
I agree with you, and we need to take the country back. yardwork Sep 2019 #71
I love this over-simplified blame game Sarg Sep 2019 #73
Yeah, it was the 80s where the decline began in earnest, though I'd PatrickforO Sep 2019 #75
thank you KentuckyWoman Sep 2019 #76
Mom was born in 1930. She's visiting with us right now maxrandb Sep 2019 #108
St. Ronnie the Raygun*, the Great Bullshit Artist... Raster Sep 2019 #77
Reagan was already DENVERPOPS Sep 2019 #106
I would not be surprised if the heart of a healthy person wasn't... Raster Oct 2019 #143
Hey Raster DENVERPOPS Oct 2019 #153
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Sep 2019 #81
$12.60 in 1981? TimeToGo Sep 2019 #82
Yep, if I'm lying I'm crying maxrandb Sep 2019 #103
🤓 TimeToGo Sep 2019 #115
Yep, my mom cried when I told her I was quitting Big Bear to join the Navy maxrandb Sep 2019 #117
I remember when a minimum wage job in the mid eighties Doreen Sep 2019 #84
Yes Reagan was the catalyst for almost everything dugog55 Sep 2019 #89
I applaud DENVERPOPS Sep 2019 #110
It wasn't just Ray-Gun maxrandb Oct 2019 #157
In 1981 I made 3.35 per hour. Mosby Sep 2019 #98
Big Bear was a Columbus Ohio institution maxrandb Sep 2019 #104
We were always taught that hard work pays off in the end . . . but it doesn't. Vinca Sep 2019 #102
What happened was Ronald Reagan and Reagonomics....I lived it too. joanbarnes Sep 2019 #112
Our own party line in 2016 was, "those jobs aren't coming back" hughee99 Sep 2019 #119
Great lecture by Elizabeth Warren... mudstump Sep 2019 #121
Can confirm vercetti2021 Sep 2019 #122
Great post, thanks! nt GReedDiamond Sep 2019 #123
K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Oct 2019 #124
Ronald Reagan hit America, and she's still suffering the reprocussions! napi21 Oct 2019 #126
I was at a family party. a la izquierda Oct 2019 #127
Reagan started it, that's why he's deified by the repugs. captain queeg Oct 2019 #133
Well said. Mike Niendorff Oct 2019 #140
One thing many may miss; you joined the military. Still a GREAT option for so many of us. oldsoftie Oct 2019 #142
Reagan happened in the 80s. ConnorMarc Oct 2019 #146
Here's a good recap of what happened to Big Bear maxrandb Oct 2019 #147
this. right here. was the beginning of the end... Locrian Oct 2019 #148
REAGAN busting the Unions JCMach1 Oct 2019 #149
I recall the tech workers, during the boom The Mouth Oct 2019 #150
Being Unable to Get a College Education w/o Amassing $80K or More in Debt Has Been a Big Factor Indykatie Oct 2019 #152
Greed. That's what's rotten. Everything for profit. CrispyQ Oct 2019 #155
1980s. The coming to power of the Age of Greed. MarcA Oct 2019 #156
It's disappointing how many Democrats and union workers voted for Reagan IronLionZion Oct 2019 #159
Well said! Ohioboy Oct 2019 #160
Thank you for this democrank Oct 2019 #161
Bob Iger CEO of Disney asked by Amanpour to defend his pay SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 #162
Wealth has been stolen from labor since the 1980s Yavin4 Oct 2019 #165
Was a member of the URW back in the 70s before it joined the USW. aka-chmeee Oct 2019 #166
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