Reply #6: When I was twenty five, I was on AFDC, & food stamps, & the sad thing is,

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I was never as prosperous as I was then.

No, not even in the nineties, when due to small inheritances, and a husband who had a "good" County job, and our combined income was over $ 50K, I was not as prosperous.

Like you point out, back in the day, gorgeous housing was available for a pittance. Food was cheap. Jobs were plentiful. A decent car could be had for under $ 1,200 bucks. (Today in California, the smog rules wouldn't allow most cheap cars to be registered to ever be on the roads.)

There was also the sense that once we baby boomers were in charge, the era of endless, for profit wars would be toast. As would the illegality of green plants that make you feel good when you smoke them.

Corruption among the Political Class would be ended. We would see no more Richard Nixons, or Kissingers.

Little did I know that in 2010, a President would be in office who would be MORE conservative than Nixon, and Kissinger would be one of his "got to" people.