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How many of you Baby Boomers remember life like this. It was a few years after WWII. Our many soldiers, men and women came home from the battles of war to start life anew. Many of our veterans were looking to buy and build a new home with their wife and start a family. Most men in the 1950's went to work and most ended up working in a manufacturing plants. Most all products were made in this country with only a very few made outside of the U. S. At the time most jobs provided good wages even with the advent of unions.

This was the beginning of the Baby Boomers age of which was the most infamous group of people at the time. Most families built their homes in the suburbs in new subdivisions that came equipped with the newest and best appliances of that time. Most streets in the cities and subdivision were lined with majestic Elm trees making for quiet and quaint streets. Most everyone had a car which came from the big three auto makers from Detroit which was booming at this time. This was the time of the new interstate system that criss crossed the country. Going out for a Sunday drive ment just that. After going to church in the morning most families would hop into their car and take to the roads. In most towns you couldn't do much else because of the Sunday Blue Laws. 

All kids went to school that was nearby their home and there was no Core Program back then. It was taught that 2+2 =4 or 5x2=10 and not taught the rediculous way it is taught now. None of the kids were dumb and learned well. Men went to work and brought home the paycheck while the wife stayed home as the homemaker and took care of the kids. ( I not saying I advocate this so let it rest here). Anyway, with the good income families were able to save money to send their kids to college. They went on to the best schools after high school. Now your lucky if you can save up money to fill up you car with gas. BTW, how many of you can remember when gas cost about .25 cents a gallon?

I was born in 1953 and can remember the good life that most all kids lived. You could ride your bike down Main Street in your small city or village and encounter the following. It was a time you could drive your bike and peek into Windows of popular stores like Woolworth, WT Grants 5 and dime store also Montgomery Wards along with camera shops, TV and appliance stores. You could even go into your local hometown bank where you can put your small allowance into your savings account should you have one. On Saturday you could go to maybe one of of the movie theatres and watch a western, or creature movies all without no ratings like they have now. After the movie you could go to the downtown malt or ice cream shop for an ice cream soda. 

You then may go home and watch your black and white TV and watch such stuff like Bonanza. The Rifleman and the few police programs at the time. There was no cable yet so there was very few choices of what to watch. If you wanted to make a phone call you might have had to wait a while as the party line was big at the time. No cell phones, I Pads, and even Internet. Life was much simpler and quiet and bullying was not much of a thing to worry about. I can remember more practical joking with the other kids.

Riding in the back of a pickup truck was not against the law and when you needed gas you can go to one of the many small gas stations and fill up you car or truck for about $2.00 and it would last all week and even go inside and get a candy bar for .15cents and a bottle of Pepsi for a dime. On Saturday night you could fill up your car and go to the drive in and have a good time. This was also the time that modern rock and roll music came to be. Then Saturday afternoon had the staple of American Bandstand.  Other tv shows of the simple type made their way to. TV like Green Acres, I dream of Jeanie, Giligans Island and the tame Bat Man.i guess you could compare life to a program like Leave It To Beaver. This life pretty much came to an end in the mid 70's.

After this, the cost of living was on the rise, and the wife had to go to work to help bring in more money. Manufacturing was on the decline and most companies took their plants overseas. The Main Streets were on the decline and many stores started to close up and buildingswere not kept up.  This was also the time that the stores went to the burbs to the newest shopping malls.Now most Main Streets  are home to section 8 people. I would have to blame this on the policies of the Democrats and the changes they brought about in the late sixties. In the Eighties the great America was nothing but a thing of the past. The fifties and sixties and early seventies was a great time to live in America. You could live a quiet simple life and possession were not that important to me. Hell, I can remember on Christmas Day you could wish someone a Merry Christmas and not get bitched at. Also, on Christmas you might get two or three things and not complain unlike the kids these days that get a whole load of junk and don't appreciate what they get.

 I could go on and on but, I think most of you get the idea of where I am going and remember the great days. I wonder if this is what Donld Trump is referring to Make America Great Again? What do you all think, it might be possible this is what he might be referring to.

Dave, AKA: Seabee

 

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2 hours ago, Seabee said:

How many of you Baby Boomers remember life like this.

This life pretty much came to an end in the mid 70's.

After this, the cost of living was on the rise, and the wife had to go to work to help bring in more money. Manufacturing was on the decline and most companies took their plants overseas

. I wonder if this is what Donld Trump is referring to Make America Great Again? What do you all think, it might be possible this is what he might be referring to.

Dave, AKA: Seabee

 

In 1971 Nixon removed the Gold Standard. There was an agreement to set the price of gold at $35. The problem with that was most politicians know even less about economics than they do about telling the truth.

In order for the fiat monetary systems to survive, governments get their "cut" through not only taxes, but through inflation. As soon as "dirty ****" did his dirty deed,( besides that little office scandal called watergate), politicians were able to spend, and the money presses started spitting out truckloads of USD's daily.

There's lot lot more to it, increased international trade, the collapse of the Sterling, and runs on gold that eventually caused major players to withdraw from the agreement. But removing the Bretton Woods Agreement from the 1940's was a big spark that saw massive inflation almost immediately.

We were already overrun by socialists that took over the DOE, (department of education), they had been "tweaking" educational "requirements and infusing curriculum with agenda. 

To answer your question, the reality you painted wasn't everyone's, and even for those that did dwell in it, it was an illusion.

It will take decades to eradicate the left tilt from schools, reduce the government, and instill E pluribus unum understanding in every human.

To get there, we need to remove the special interest from our economy that comes in the form of NAFTA, CAFTA, and soon TPP.

We need to expel the UN.

But we wont be able to do anything until people see a difference in their living standard.

That wont happen until we get manufacturing and export regulations fixed. We lost our Machine Tool Capability, we couldn't assert our sovereignty against China right now if we wanted to, they make half the stuff our military needs.

Infrastructure jobs would help short term, but until we stop being a service industry country, we will never have stability. 

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You are correct when you  mention the infrastructure jobs.  If I am correct it was Obummer who put this country into deeper debt to create  jobs to repair roads, build high speed trains and other projects which never materialized.

Also, it was the Democrate that created  their welfare programs in the late 60's which the United State to spiral down the slippery slop starting about the mid  seventies. This why we have so many problems now with our inner cities .

As for what you called an illusion, you apparently didn't live in the same part of the country that I did. We had many factories where many people were employed and for them life was good. As I said the end came in the mid seventies when the factories closed up because social and economic policies. Now to look at my town it looks like a bomb hit the Main St. However from western New York to Eastern  New York the big powerhouse companies created a good life for people until their decline in the seventies. I am sure many other folks out there will agree with some degree. 

Making America great again will take a lot of work and patiences. Will we see the life we had in the fifties and sixties, I don't think so. However if Trump wants to give it a try I say more power to him. We can't get much worse than we are right. 

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4 hours ago, Seabee said:

You are correct when you  mention the infrastructure jobs.  If I am correct it was Obummer who put this country into deeper debt to create  jobs to repair roads, build high speed trains and other projects which never materialized.

Also, it was the Democrate that created  their welfare programs in the late 60's which the United State to spiral down the slippery slop starting about the mid  seventies. This why we have so many problems now with our inner cities .

As for what you called an illusion, you apparently didn't live in the same part of the country that I did. We had many factories where many people were employed and for them life was good. As I said the end came in the mid seventies when the factories closed up because social and economic policies. Now to look at my town it looks like a bomb hit the Main St. However from western New York to Eastern  New York the big powerhouse companies created a good life for people until their decline in the seventies. I am sure many other folks out there will agree with some degree. 

Making America great again will take a lot of work and patiences. Will we see the life we had in the fifties and sixties, I don't think so. However if Trump wants to give it a try I say more power to him. We can't get much worse than we are right. 

Went from innercity Chicago to a few outlying, before enjoying a minute of  "Rockwell's America".

Even though there were gangs, they kept to themselves for the most part, and when you got into a fight, it was over when it was over.

None of this coming back and popping caps into the party coward stuff. There was a mutual respect, and an accepted "standard", even on the south side. As a child of eastern european immigrants there was a stigma tapped to your back, but it fell off after high school.

Infrastructure jobs can only be a temporary band-aid, because in the end, it is just a burden on taxpayers and increased debt, until we have an actual balanced budget.

Real economy is fueled by manufacturing, which is the lifeblood of the "middle class", which is the heartbeat of America. 

It is a strong middle class that the government fears, producers leading commonsense productive lives by following solid core principals.

The unions control government, from the fed workers, to the service employees, all are AFLCIO. It didn't take long for the auto workers to destroy detroit with the help of dem politicians.

Now the only place left for the union cancer to live is in every single facet of government.

The operating budget of every single city is minimum 80% pension servicing. That means 80% of every local tax dollar is going to pay for the last three people that held every job, plus the one that is doing it now.

It doesn't leave very much for getting anything done.

Please forgive me for the illusion statement, I didn't have time to explain, and I am late getting out the door now. I did not mean it was fake, rather, that is was destined to end due to the way it was created.

I also long for the days when there was common sense and basic human respect.

 

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Many of us can relate to you Seabee

i am of the age of 58  and i have seen many of the things you have.

My parents escaped from 3 concentration camps to get to America and they were so excited, but now they see the difference and now all they can say is - I remember when this Country was Great!!.   I know they see the difference. and it does break my heart!

I am sure Donald see's the same things we do?

I pray he get's voted in office,  because if hilary get in it will only be worse than it is now!

I know there are a lot of people going against him, it is a big battle going up hill , he has his hands full and he needs our help!!

But I Pray every night the Lord and Savior is guiding him through this tough battle.

And I think if every one  Pray's for  Donald in his battles coming up that we might have a chance to win this election

Those are my thoughts

God willing it will happen !!!

Everyone Have a Great Day!!!

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