We are probably close in age and what I remember was that everybody in our Central Pennsylvania town was more or less equal. The janitors at Bethlehem Steel wer

We are probably close in age and what I remember was that everybody in our Central Pennsylvania town was more or less equal. The janitors at Bethlehem Steel were making good wages and people were investing extra money instead of spending it. The 1980 election between Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and John Anderson was a big turning point. George H.W. Bush was running against Reagan for the Republican nomination. Reagan's economic policy was described as voodoo economics by Bush. Once Reagan was elected it was like a light switch was flipped and a portion of the town became rich and the Bethlehem Steel closed and there was a slow decline in the blue collar class.