Fifties were a better time. We need to return to a better Democratic Party.

[snowy owl]

60. Yes, the feds poured money into the economy. Why not? That's the point

We took care of our people. What is wrong with that? The rich paid 90% back so we had a middle class. Our country was based on a middle class. But Lewis Powell absolutely wanted corporations to make the money at the expense of our common good.

And women did get divorces in the fifties. Strong women who could make it because of social safety nets. Their kids were playmates of mine.

You know, there are problems in every decade. Some get resolved and others turn up. But for the average person, it was a better time. There is no utopia. All things considered, it was a better time for all of us. And I'm incuding blacks only because Martin's dream was never fulfilled and if he came back today, I'm not sure what he would say. Thinking about lynchings and southern justice, that's still a problem except guns and bully clubs have taken over. But that again is not our economy.