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What got better? Life was better in the 50's and 60's when everything was made here, and the father worked and earned enough to support a wife and family.

People live longer, cars are safer, houses are larger, goods are cheaper, food is cheaper, incomes are higher, we won the Cold War, I could go on and on.

The reason why a father working doesn't support a family like in the 50's is because taxes are so much higher. Also, people buy more stuff to put in their larger houses and so the wife has to work too.

People live longer, - my great grand parents all lived into their 90's, my grand parents and parents into their 80's, but I don't think I'm going to make it to my 70's.

cars are safer - you mean american cars made with american workers? I seem to remember 'safety' starting with the 55 Ford steering wheel and padded dash in the GM cars. However, the new ones really get crunched in a crash, and we need them to be safer because there are so many more of them on the road now.

, houses are larger - my goodness, how much house do you need? Houses in the 1900's - 1940's were larger than todays houses. And todays houses are made from cardboard and chip board and wont be around very long. Houses still cost about 2 years work, but the taxes have really gone up a lot, so maintenance is much higher.

goods are cheaper - sorry, I still have to work a similar amount of time to buy similar goods as we worked back then. Some goods are relatively cheaper. A new Chevy still costs me 6 months work - the same as it did in the 50's. TV's are cheaper however, but what is on them has greatly degraded. A pair of jeans still costs about 4 hours of minimum wage work, but now they are made in China.

food is cheaper - Sorry - a hamburger still costs 1/4 of an hour of minimum wage work.

incomes are higher - so are prices, a lot higher, and taxes a great lot higher

we won the Cold War - that was good, but we will lose the next one, because of outsourcing and exporting our industries.

, I could go on and on - so could I.