When were the good old days?

When were the good old days?

  • Before 1929

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • 1940-1949

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 1950-1959

    Votes: 9 24.3%

  • 1960-1969

    Votes: 7 18.9%

  • 1970-1979

    Votes: 4 10.8%

  • 1980-1989

    Votes: 5 13.5%

  • 1990-1999

    Votes: 7 18.9%

  • 2000-2009

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • 2010-today

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Other or never has been

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    37
The death of JFK was the end of America as we knew it. He died because he tried to fight corruption at several levels. Since then we have become an oligarchy, and have not lived in a democracy since. "for the people, of the people, and by the people"...has become for the corporations, of the corporations, and by the corporations.
 
I voted the 50's but feel it lies from the early 50's to mid/late 60's.I think that was a turning point in a lot of different ways. I think the 70's started the time when people were becoming ok with the government taking care of them not just in a time of dire need but for decades or for life. It was the loss of innocents from the evils of the world evil was always there but the advent of tv made it real and brought it right home to everyone(being connected as we are today is both a gift and a curse). since then we have had the down fall of Marriage divorce became the right think to do because you hit a rough patch and just were not in love anymore(do to many many reasons a topic all its own).for me personally it was the late 80 into early 90's but that has to do with a point in my specific life not our country(my teens were the best days of my life stress free, healthy, naive, free, unjaded, ignorance was bliss).
 
silverfox said:
The death of JFK was the end of America as we knew it. He died because he tried to fight corruption at several levels. Since then we have become an oligarchy, and have not lived in a democracy since. "for the people, of the people, and by the people"...has become for the corporations, of the corporations, and by the corporations.
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I agree......................
 
I'm still looking at the green side of the sod/turf. I hope to yet be seeing a few more good old days. ;)
 
Was born in 81, so I don't feel like I can answer the question without having lived through those other decades. Having said that, I don't like the direction we're heading
 
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I think the answer depends on how old you are. To most of us the good ol' days usually refers back to when you were a teenager. For myself that would be the 70's.
 
I think the country changed dramatically for the worst during the 1990's. Congress passes NAFTA (remember that sucking sound coined by Ross Perot) and Congress also passed and Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach Billey that basically deregulated the banking industry that allowed them to gamble the country's banking system into disaster. This was one key factor in the second recession under Bush since we never really did recover from the dot com mess. We had to spend our way to get out of it (Bush started it, Obama continued it).

The jobs left faster after each recession as corporate CEO salaries increased and the chasing of the bottom line. The rise of the internet (ecommerce) made it very easy to export jobs. The problem was the country was not prepared to handle the displaced workers (many not trained for the jobs available) so the job growth of late has been in lower paid jobs. Of course, most consumers loved a free lunch (lower consumer prices) so they were co-participants allowing China (our economic competitor) to achieve a greater position along with owning a lot of our debt. There is nothing inherently wrong with moving manufacturing off shore but less replacing it. This means lower tax revenues from income and less economic power since a lot of the money goes back offshore so we are stuck with skimming the top. Successful companies were raided for cash and often left with unemployed workers. Of course American management is always short term thinking so they did stupid things (think Detroit) and the unions lost who had their own issues. Congress passed retraining bills with limited successful but a number of the work force left (chronically unemployed).

I also think during the Clinton administration the parties became even more polarized - at least publicly. Some may be due to Clinton's misdeeds. I always knew there were crazy people out there but it was not until the Internet that you realized how many there were.

The generation getting ready to retire will likely be better off than the generation following (Millennials) since many have benefits like pensions, etc. The American dream is dimmer. Yes, many will be successful but many more that were somewhat carried along will not.
 
Bunky said:
I think the country changed dramatically for the worst during the 1990's. Congress passes NAFTA (remember that sucking sound coined by Ross Perot) and Congress also passed and Clinton signed the Gramm-Leach Billey that basically deregulated the banking industry that allowed them to gamble the country's banking system into disaster. This was one key factor in the second recession under Bush since we never really did recover from the dot com mess. We had to spend our way to get out of it (Bush started it, Obama continued it).

The jobs left faster after each recession as corporate CEO salaries increased and the chasing of the bottom line. The rise of the internet (ecommerce) made it very easy to export jobs. The problem was the country was not prepared to handle the displaced workers (many not trained for the jobs available) so the job growth of late has been in lower paid jobs. Of course, most consumers loved a free lunch (lower consumer prices) so they were co-participants allowing China (our economic competitor) to achieve a greater position along with owning a lot of our debt. There is nothing inherently wrong with moving manufacturing off shore but less replacing it. This means lower tax revenues from income and less economic power since a lot of the money goes back offshore so we are stuck with skimming the top. Successful companies were raided for cash and often left with unemployed workers. Congress passed retraining bills with limited successful but a number of the work force left (chronically unemployed).

I also think during the Clinton administration the parties became even more polarized - at least publically. Some may be due to Clinton's misdeeds. I always knew there were crazy people out there but it was not until the Internet that you realized how many there were.

The generation getting ready to retire will likely be better off than the generation following (Millennials) since many have benefits like pensions, etc. The American dream is dimmer. Yes, many will be successful but many more that were somewhat carried along will not.
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Lots of truth in there
Thanks for the post.
 
Ronkh said:
Do you remember the 70's ??? :lol2:
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Barely! That's a loaded question. It all depends on how a person reads into that question. When your a teenager you remember things about growing up. I remember $.49 gas, the cars we drove, oil crisis, $.89 gas after that which was thought to be an outrageous price to pay. If refer to politics, government, etc. that is basically non-essential information that my brain never retains. LOL!
 
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