John Fugelsang speaks TRUTH about Michael Brown....

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44. Going off on a bit of a rant here, TV is whats wrong with the country!!

Its TV more than the GOP. More than all the bad cops we're seeing. My reasoning is this: I'm in my 50s. When I was growing up, the "rich folks" on TV were the Brady bunch. Until "Dallas" & "Dynasty", there werent really a lot of shows showing BIG wealth. On the Jeffersons, they were "movin on up" and their deluxe apt in the sky wasnt much more than what we saw on Friends decades later.
Fast forward to the 90s on up, and now we see the "Real Housewives of ________" The Kardashians, Paris Hilton, Million Dollar Listing, million dollar yachts, any number of other reality shows featuring musicians and their trappings of wealth, all the "average guy" contestants on several other shows, etc etc.
Now everyone sees stuff THEY dont have and they feel inferior because they dont have it. So they borrow and borrow to appear more successful than they actually are, in dollars anyway. Some resort to stealing to get what they want.
When I was a kid, some of the doctors or lawyers drove cadillacs and a Mercedes here and there. Today, there must be 40 different luxury models out there. And since you cant afford them, you can conveniently LEASE one for the same monthly payment as a purchased Impala.
When I was a kid, my "rich" friends with doctor or lawyer dad lived in homes that were bigger than mine, but dwarfed by todays homes. Family size hasnt changed, but the average home size is hundreds of sq ft larger.
We think we need all this stuff because of what we see on 265 channels every day. We must be a loser if we dont have the SUV, boat, jet skis, 2nd home, fancy watch, latest phone, 60 in flat screen, etc.
All because of the TV.