1/ In the 1970s the average American worker had a job with good benefits, could afford to own a house and a car, could afford a yearly vacation, one parent could stay at home if they wanted, and they could send mulitple kids to college.

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2/ There’s been a massive theft of public resources into the hands of a tiny few & people have every reason to be outraged. GOP started the theft but Democrats haven’t stopped it. Neither political party should feel proud of itself. People recognize they’ve been betrayed by both.
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3/ Are Democrats better? A thousand times yes. But no longer can that be used as a pass. Democrats not standing for what Democrats are supposed to stand for is how we got Trump to begin with & if Democrats don’t act like Democrats again then Trump or someone like him will be back
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And then greed took over
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Perhaps, if we’d limited land ownership to citizens of the USA we could’ve curbed some of the runaway inflation in the housing market... But we haven’t had the will to take on big business & foreign influence on our internal affairs. Foreign investment has helped drive up prices.
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Yes ... This is true ... when I was a growing up in the 1960's and 1970's ... this was my reality ... It was called ... The Middle Class!
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You could afford to pay for university with a summer job and a minimum wage job after school. You could walk into a career job, or you could live frugally, work part-time, have time to yourself, and still save a little money.
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Average white American worker?
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…and then the tax laws changed for the wealthy and we haven’t been the same.
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Immigration and money printing.
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In the 70s corporations paid taxes. Reagan fixed that.
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Reagan's crew found the golden formula of winning elections - boost spendings (pile on debt to pay for military & subsidies) and cut taxes. You all voted for him 40 years straight.
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Those days are long gone.
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