I was born in 1960.

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tecelote (5,150 posts

I was born in 1960.

I was born in 1960.

When I started working, my wage was $3.75 hr. With substantial overtime, I made a bit less than $1,000 a month.

My first car was a 1965 Mustang I bought for $350.

Gas was around $0.70.

My first apartment was $650 a month, including utilities. I split it with two others. My share was around $220 a month.

College cost me around $3,000 for four years. I paid off the loans easily within a decade.

I could walk into an airport and go to the gate to meet friends or family.

I hitchhiked across the country... with my dog.

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My kids would never hitchhike today. Everyone is scared of each other today.

I'm not smart enough to know all the reasons why all of this changed, but I'm smart enough to know that it's wrong. America is going in the wrong direction.

For decades, the economic strength of the average American has been in a slow decline, until recently. Now, I'm afraid we've gone off a cliff.

My heart aches for my kids and their generation.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220683945

Does this stupid post have a point?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

For decades, the economic strength of the average American has been in a slow decline, until recently. Now, I'm afraid we've gone off a cliff.

All that free shit you demanded for poor people doesn't come cheap.

[Ralph Wiggum]

For decades, the economic strength of the average American has been in a slow decline, until recently. Now, I'm afraid we've gone off a cliff.

And whose fault is that? Primarily Democrats.

(To be fair, President George W. Bush and a lot of milquetoast RINO's have had a part in this as well)

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And whose fault is that? Primarily Democrats.

(To be fair, President George W. Bush and a lot of milquetoast RINO's have had a part in this as well)

IMO everything started to go down hill after Bush 41 lost in 1992.

[enslaved1]

Does this stupid post have a point?

That at 65 they still have no idea what's going on? 

[CC27]

That at 65 they still have no idea what's going on?

Very true

[67 Rover]

That at 65 they still have no idea what's going on?

Hence why they vote democrat.

[SVPete]

I was born in 1960.

When I started working, my wage was $3.75 hr. With substantial overtime, I made a bit less than $1,000 a month.

My first car was a 1965 Mustang I bought for $350.

Gas was around $0.70. OPEC killed that in the 70s, and anti-oil company regulocrats have contributed to that price rise for ~50 years, especially in California.

My first apartment was $650 a month, including utilities. I split it with two others. My share was around $220 a month. Thank ~50 years of Enviros and anti-growth regulocrats and advocacy groups for that.

College cost me around $3,000 for four years. I paid off the loans easily within a decade. Take that up with your beloved deep-blue universities.

I could walk into an airport and go to the gate to meet friends or family. Thank 1970s skyjackers and Al Qaeda for that.

I hitchhiked across the country... with my dog. The risks of that started becoming clear, again, in the 1970s.

[SVPete]

All that free shit you demanded for poor people doesn't come cheap.

Subsidizing improvidence and untethered regulocracy have had predictable results.

That at 65 they still have no idea what's going on?

I doubt that this youngster will learn better.

[DUmpDiver]

Student loan programs have contributed greatly to the increase in college tuition. With the availability of student loans people are less price sensitive to tuition costs so colleges can get away with charging higher tuition. As usual, when government gets involved it just makes things less efficient and more expensive.

[Ralph Wiggum]

IMO everything started to go down hill after Bush 41 lost in 1992.

Am currently re-reading Victor Davis Hanson's book from 2020 entitled "The Case for Trump". It is one of the most in-depth books that does a deep dive into how the Republican party shot itself in the foot (dating to GHWB), and then the Democrats basically said "hold my beer and watch this Republicans" as they leapt into the abyss of identity politics during 0bama.

About every 6-9 months I go on an on-line book buying spree, but only used books which one can purchase for a buck plus the $2-$4 freight. Only rarely will I ever pay for a new book, because they go on extreme sale within 6 months. A vast majority of the books I own are sports books, historical stuff including mostly biographies or autobiographies. The rest involve politics as fiction absolutely doesn't interest me. And I always keep an ongoing list of what to possibly purchase next time.

And that concludes this episode of "Uncle Ralphie's Book Corner".

[CC27]

Am currently re-reading Victor Davis Hanson's book from 2020 entitled "The Case for Trump". It is one of the most in-depth books that does a deep dive into how the Republican party shot itself in the foot (dating to GHWB), and then the Democrats basically said "hold my beer and watch this Republicans" as they leapt into the abyss of identity politics during 0bama.

About every 6-9 months I go on an on-line book buying spree, but only used books which one can purchase for a buck plus the $2-$4 freight. Only rarely will I ever pay for a new book, because they go on extreme sale within 6 months. A vast majority of the books I own are sports books, historical stuff including mostly biographies or autobiographies. The rest involve politics as fiction absolutely doesn't interest me. And I always keep an ongoing list of what to possibly purchase next time.

And that concludes this episode of "Uncle Ralphie's Book Corner".

I will get that book. Thanks