The 1950s: Row houses in Newark and Jersey City, surrounded by pollution and grime, but, hey, at least they had "good jobs in the factories!"
Today: Parents are retired and wealthy at a beautiful home in South Florida, while I live a prosperous life unimaginable to my grandparents.
You can multiply my story by the millions. Unfortunately, fools like Dobbs and Buchanans would like us to remain part of a bloated and inefficient proletariat.
My father was born in poverty in 1916 and entered adulthood in the great depression, with a strong work ethic that he passed on to 7 children he over came that poverty and all 7 of his children are doing well.
Poverty is a by product of the "great society" and socialism in general. Generation after generation remain in poverty because of the "entitlement" society we live in. Liberals want to make it even worse by throwing more of mine and your money at it.
Exactly. How many people can actually claim downward mobility from their parents or grandparents generations? And if they can, well then they sure screwed up somewhere along the line.