My late parents retired well enough but not rich at all. One a teacher and one a fairly high level civil service employee. In retirement they bought a series of Buick's, Oldsmobile's and Cadillac's. All nice cars, top of the various lines. This was less than 25 years ago. I am now retired with something like three to four times their retirement income, I know because I did their last year's taxes. I could not begin to afford a new car like they did. Not even close.
That is my example of how things have changed.
Name one thing this gooberment has done that has made things better or less expensive. Just one. Virtually everything they have touched they have effed up completely.
Gov’t has done a lot but I believe the single biggest thing that has happened is the end of $3 oil in 1973.
The equivalent today would be $20. If we had $20 oil for 30 years straight with no environmental retards trying to wreck things, it would be a totally different economy for every Western country.
Remove every foreign immigrant since 1965 and it gets even better. Remove “Civil Rights” law and it improves earn more.