Re: THE RANT THREAD!
anunitu, I agree wholeheartedly! Plus the entire minimum wage debate irritates me....."Back in the day" - if a person worked full time they could afford a small apartment. Our popular culture reflected this, "Mary Tyler Moore", "That Girl", "Alice", "Three's Company", etc. The huge McMansion on the hill belonged to the CEO back then. Starting in the late 70's, things got out of balance, but even into the early 80's, it was possible for 2 people to get by, renting, and saving up for a house. Now? Forget it. ****sigh**** Of course, back then, we didn't have Walmart in every town, or Home Depot, Lowe's, etc., etc. We had lots more Mom & Pop stores. But - people wanted to complain about AT&T, etc., being monopolies. Those got broken up, only to start a string of LARGE competitors, and off we went.
OK rant over. For now.
anunitu, I agree wholeheartedly! Plus the entire minimum wage debate irritates me....."Back in the day" - if a person worked full time they could afford a small apartment. Our popular culture reflected this, "Mary Tyler Moore", "That Girl", "Alice", "Three's Company", etc. The huge McMansion on the hill belonged to the CEO back then. Starting in the late 70's, things got out of balance, but even into the early 80's, it was possible for 2 people to get by, renting, and saving up for a house. Now? Forget it. ****sigh**** Of course, back then, we didn't have Walmart in every town, or Home Depot, Lowe's, etc., etc. We had lots more Mom & Pop stores. But - people wanted to complain about AT&T, etc., being monopolies. Those got broken up, only to start a string of LARGE competitors, and off we went.
OK rant over. For now.
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