I was born in ‘53. My memories of the ‘50s are sketchy. But, my father told me often as I got older that the 50s were the greatest in his lifetime. He was born in 1918. Full employment, a balanced federal budget of $150 billion, a nation brimming with confidence, where both parties were pro-American, and so forth. All of that changed irreversibly on Nov 22, 1963.
Thanks to a Commie.