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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (8003)2/3/2012 8:47:02 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
<<Can you try - just try - to tell us why conditions of the '50s translate to today? Just try. I am awaiting the fairy tale attempt.

Sure. Unions were 35% of work force. People had enough to put their kids through college and take vacations. And middle class ahd lots of money to spend and bought stuff.

But for 30 years union busting has been rampant by the right wing and people are poor now!