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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 3534775" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Some of that helped, some of that ultimately didn&#039;t.&nbsp; Long before those were implemented America was a place being built from the ground up.&nbsp; To prosper all you really had to do was find a need and fill it.&nbsp; Post WWII was the pinnacle of that as we were in a unique position through our factories to fill the world&#039;s needs as they rebuilt.&nbsp; Prosperity isn&#039;t peanut butter though, you can&#039;t spread it evenly.&nbsp; People can work hard, but not everyone is clever enough to figure out a new way to do things and capitalize on it.&nbsp; We can&#039;t all be an Edison or a Gates.&nbsp; As some got fabulously rich in our society the focus of our entertainment centered on the kinds of lives they must be living.&nbsp; An influence that many discount but I remember growing up so many older movies stories revolved around the lives of the rich.&nbsp; People could see others doing well and they wanted more for themselves.&nbsp; Unions started demanding more and more.&nbsp; We all know how everything has turned out.&nbsp; This constant push for more in this country, whether by the rich or poor or everyone in between, has lead us here.&nbsp; The takeaway I got from the above article is we can fix it with a much bigger, stronger government that&#039;s stripped of outside influences.&nbsp; Big government is a primary reason we&#039;re $20 Trillion plus in the hole.&nbsp; What will fix it, if anything can, is an acknowledgement that we don&#039;t need 8,000 sq ft homes, or even 4000 sq ft ones.&nbsp; We don&#039;t need the latest fashions.&nbsp; We can all live much simpler lives and our striving shouldn&#039;t be to make our bank accounts as fat as possible but to make sure everyone has an appropriate amount to eat and a decent roof over their heads.&nbsp; To get illegal drugs completely out of our lives.&nbsp; Eat healthier.&nbsp; It&#039;ll near happen.&nbsp; Nor will a big government make the difference because they&#039;ve already proven that it&#039;s another vehicle by which some make themselves wealthy and to keep it going they create dependency.&nbsp; Nor will big corporations make the difference because they are set up to enrich the few at the expense of the many and resentment of that fuels hatred that wants to tear the whole thing apart.&nbsp; In other words don&#039;t expect easy answers, just strife.&nbsp; Luckily for some of us we got in when traditional pensions were still available, and are in a time where we can while away hours on these neat little inventions called tablets that connect you to these cool places like Netflix.&nbsp; If there was ever a better time to be poor in the world that must have been something because I can&#039;t imagine anything better than this.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 3534775, member: 24302"] Some of that helped, some of that ultimately didn't. Long before those were implemented America was a place being built from the ground up. To prosper all you really had to do was find a need and fill it. Post WWII was the pinnacle of that as we were in a unique position through our factories to fill the world's needs as they rebuilt. Prosperity isn't peanut butter though, you can't spread it evenly. People can work hard, but not everyone is clever enough to figure out a new way to do things and capitalize on it. We can't all be an Edison or a Gates. As some got fabulously rich in our society the focus of our entertainment centered on the kinds of lives they must be living. An influence that many discount but I remember growing up so many older movies stories revolved around the lives of the rich. People could see others doing well and they wanted more for themselves. Unions started demanding more and more. We all know how everything has turned out. This constant push for more in this country, whether by the rich or poor or everyone in between, has lead us here. The takeaway I got from the above article is we can fix it with a much bigger, stronger government that's stripped of outside influences. Big government is a primary reason we're $20 Trillion plus in the hole. What will fix it, if anything can, is an acknowledgement that we don't need 8,000 sq ft homes, or even 4000 sq ft ones. We don't need the latest fashions. We can all live much simpler lives and our striving shouldn't be to make our bank accounts as fat as possible but to make sure everyone has an appropriate amount to eat and a decent roof over their heads. To get illegal drugs completely out of our lives. Eat healthier. It'll near happen. Nor will a big government make the difference because they've already proven that it's another vehicle by which some make themselves wealthy and to keep it going they create dependency. Nor will big corporations make the difference because they are set up to enrich the few at the expense of the many and resentment of that fuels hatred that wants to tear the whole thing apart. In other words don't expect easy answers, just strife. Luckily for some of us we got in when traditional pensions were still available, and are in a time where we can while away hours on these neat little inventions called tablets that connect you to these cool places like Netflix. If there was ever a better time to be poor in the world that must have been something because I can't imagine anything better than this. [/QUOTE]

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