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On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:54:03 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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No sane person would argue the fact that the GM problem was 100% made in
America. I am pro for the old USA, less corruption, less marxist
socialism. Less entitlement. The old USA where people could work hard
and get ahead.

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The "old USA" ... let me guess 1850.

More like the 1950s. A lot of people say the 60s was when the US
started in the decline from work equaling prosperity and the concept
of saving for the future. We had already starting establishing the
"borrow and spend" and "the future is now" mentality by the early 70s.
I think the combination of Vietnam, the assassinations and Watergate
made us a very cynical nation and we never got over it.

Bear in mind the last time the government really had a period of
sustained budget surplus was in the 1950s and that was without using
the SS surplus to tilt the scale. That was also the last time the
majority of the people actually trusted the government.



Right. With few protection for workers, sexual harassment in the workplace,
smoking in the workplace, wage discrimination for women, rampant racism esp.
in the south. Sure, a great time. But, industry roared, even if we polluted
the landscape.

As usual, the facts are somewhat different:

http://www.pstrategies.com/index.php/results.htm

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