[LisaFab]

I have to respectfully disagree with you about the '30's. My parents grew up in the '30's and, although they were poor, they both said that spiritually, they were the best of times.

It's no accident that the children 'nourished' by the Depression grew up to fight and win WWII. Also, ironically, many were the parents of the hippies of the '60's. It is my opinion that most of them were simply worn out.

[Maceman]

I have to respectfully disagree with you about the '30's. My parents grew up in the '30's and, although they were poor, they both said that spiritually, they were the best of times.

Maybe so, but the '30s also gave us the New Deal and changed to our everlasting detriment the basic relationship between the American people and their government, as well as the assumptions about what the proper role of government is.