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Originally Posted by Pete F.
The American Dream
When I was a kid in the 50s my parents bought a house.
They were in their 20s (26 and 28)
My mother was a stay at home mom.
My father worked one job. He did go to college at night but never finished his degree.
People had passbook savings accounts that made 5-1/4% and the money was loaned out by the bank in their community.
I could go on and on.
Just like when my kids say you need to be greener Dad.
When I was a kid milk and soda came in bottles, you returned them, they washed them and reused them.
Meat was wrapped in butcher paper.
I don't think you can buy a food item that is not encased in plastic today.
There was no such thing as paper towels.
We rode our bikes, came home from school and went out of the house and played with our friends till our mother called us for dinner.
Doctors made house calls, you paid them with money and you could.
If your family or neighbors were sick or had a tough time YOU helped them.
Think about how things have changed and where the American Dream has gone.
Now follow the money and see where it leads.
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Pete,thanks for the memories.
I believe the 40s and 50s were the best decades in our country's history.
It all changed in the mid 60s when Timothy Leary and his cronies became
the icons with their "turn on and drop out" hippie drug mentality.
In addition women's lib was born where they wanted
everything a man could have and do. They desrerved the equal pay and
same opportunities but left the home and began to work. Then you
had 2 incomes in a family rather than 1 and people began to live on
the 2 salaries and up grade instead of salting some away. All great till
one loses their job.
They gave their kids material things instead of their time and good values
buying them off the with material things, hence the path to greed.
Many from that generation are in power now, milking the establishment,
as usual, with the values and morals of a slug.
Just my observations and pity for those who never lived the American Dream
or have a clue what real living is all about. Their loss.
As you say, it's now" follow the money and see where it leads."