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I don’t agree the prosperity was false. Federal minimum wage was quite decent. Labor unions were stronger. Income inequality was lower and so was partisanship i
by pm90 6y ago
I don’t agree the prosperity was false. Federal minimum wage was quite decent. Labor unions were stronger. Income inequality was lower and so was partisanship in politics.
Both socially and economically, the average American was doing ok then compared to today.
Although it must also be said: norms and laws around same sex marriage and Drugs were different too, so this analysis certainly leaves out those parts of American society affected by them.
- Spooky23 6y agoFair points, but the ability of the government to use social security surpluses to fuel massive defense and public works (automotive focused) expenditure and that nonpartisanship in Congress created serious issues that are already defining the 21st century. The legacy of the unfinished great society, the accommodation of racists and poor infrastructure choices is already haunting us.