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empedocles

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8. In the 1950's-'60's, a union factory worker, teamsters, many construction workers,

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 3, 2020, 12:13 PM

Jul 2020

teachers, skilled workers, etc., could afford a house for an at home wife and kids, and a car.

Compare that with recent years.

[Note the word 'effective'. Times have changed. Some ways for the better]

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