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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (472764)4/17/2009 12:36:13 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575781
 
>According to what I've read, the 70's were pretty bad especially for the average person.

Some things did improve, but their wages didn't increase. The improvements came from taking on added debt.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (472764)4/17/2009 12:36:49 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1575781
 
"but you'd be hard-pressed to claim that only the rich and powerful saw their lives improve after the tides of conservatism washed ashore in the 80's."

I dunno. Pointing out that, when adjusted for inflation, salaries for the lower 75 percent or so is lower and the opposite is true for the rest should do the trick...


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