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Date:      Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:41:40 +0000
From:      "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)
Message-ID:  <980617154140.ZM12469@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> "Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)" (Jun 17,  9:27am)
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On Jun 17,  9:27am, Wes Peters wrote:
> Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)
> Frank Pawlak wrote:
>
> > I had forgotten about this.  In the 50's we had a lot of politicians
looking
> > for communists behind every lamp post and under every bed.  A lot of
elections
> > were won using that stance.  In general the 1950's were good years here,
with
> > the exceptions of that and civil rights.
>
> Except the government was systematically destroying "America-as-it-was" and
> creating the suburban welfare state we now enjoy.  Of coure in the 1950's
> it was far too early to see the damage they had done.
>
> --
>        "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
>
> Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
> http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com
>-- End of excerpt from Wes Peters

I take it that you are referring to the systematic way that the rich got richer
and the poor got poorer, the disappearance of the middle class through tax law
changes?  I agree "America today" is not "America-as it was" then.  sigh!

Frank


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