Comments on: America 1950 vs. America 2012

By: AlanGee

AlanGee — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:19:00 +0000

It’s ridiculous to post “then vs now” prices without adjusting for inflation. It’s also ridiculous to compare dis-similar items.

In 1950 a car cost half of the average gross annual salary…..and had very limited features. A TV cost 1/3 your annual salary…….and only had 3 black and white channels.

In 1950 airplane travel (especially international) was reserved for the very wealthy. Telephone calls were prohibitively expensive. Homes were 1/3 the size and had fewer comforts.

……and of course the economy was good. The worlds factories and cities were still in disrepair from WWII.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:09:00 +0000

I’m sure you knew what the op meant.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:08:00 +0000

Whether you are killed as a fetus or killed right ow, you are just as dead! You were a fetus once and that was still you, just at an earlier stage of development.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:04:00 +0000

Man’s nature has been the cause of that.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000

It’s both.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:56:00 +0000

Unless you are white and walking through the hood, then you just get beat to death or shot.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:55:00 +0000

Instead you get shot through the wall of your house by a stray drug dealers bullet and you are raised with no daddy.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:53:00 +0000

Well said Melody!

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:52:00 +0000

The canned liberal response. Because you can find some bad, that means
everything was “horrible” – or that the good is irrelevant! By the way, the whole country was NOT racist! And
not all women were “treated like crap”. Women could have careers and jobs (though I give you that there were not nearly the opportunities today), but many CHOSE to raise families and actually loved it. While pockets of very open racism occurred (primarily in the South), the whole country was not racist. The 50s saw numerous civil rights laws passed. Overall, the culture then was far better for most, family stronger, morals stronger, middle class stronger, work ethic better, less government dependance. Less of an entitlement culture. less selfish and actually cared more about each other.

By: zombiespacedog

zombiespacedog — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:10:00 +0000

Do you really think anyone paid 84% of their marginal income to the IRS back then? Those tax rates were marginal rates and in addition EVERYTHING was deductible.