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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:06 AM Original message |
The golden years of the post WWII boom were an aberration. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ot was a bref moment in history, |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't neglect the role of progressive taxation in the prosperity of those years |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Good point. I'd like to see that progressive taxation again. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Great Point |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I can recall my mother ranting about "confiscatory taxes". |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. You won't see that again, ever. |
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logosoco (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think a lot of it had to do with the |
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European Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. I agree--The USA was the only game in town back then.... |
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GTurck (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. I got married... |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Another factor |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Back in the '50s and 60's, the economy was more local. You wanted to buy a house, you went to |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. I agree |
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