2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fifties were a better time. We need to return to a better Democratic Party. [View all]snowy owl
(2,145 posts)Now, did you read my post or just the headline. I spoke clearly that i was talking economics. You list a lot of good points socially. Frankly, a few I'd forgotten about and I won't argue. But as I said in my edit. I should have said seventies, shouldn't I? Because that's when the Powell influence really began. But done is done.
BTW, birth control and abortion are on the skids. Haven't you noticed? High school graduates and college? Not sure I'd agree with that. Why do you say that. For me it was '64 but easily affordable and very possible. First to go in my family. I now laugh at the atomic bomb stuff. How was that bad? More comedic to me. And minorities I covered under social issues. Agree there has been much social progress. Glad for it. But regarding fifties: low unemployment and more economic justice. Unions worked.
Finally, if you read the excerpt I posted, you might have actually understood my point better. It was my failing to say fifties - should have correlated seventies with it.