But it is completely inaccurate to suggest that scenario was any sort of norm for America. It resulted from our victory in WWII and the ruin of the rest of the developed world's industry. Those times aren't coming back, except in the wake of another major war.
Union bosses make the same error, though for them it is a deliberate lie.
Homes were much smaller then, and didn’t have central air, and a host of other built in conveniences that we have come to expect in our housing.
hardly
the issue is what is the total value of goods produced domestically and of that how much is retained by the people rather than squandered by governments