Those were the Days

WE ALL have had the best possible ride anyone could ever have had. Because most of us were born after the “New Deal” had become a done deal, we all enjoyed incredible opportunities. Thanks to the Fair Labor Standards Act, we didn’t have to work ourselves into the ground for a poor man’s wage. We all could actually live on what we made. And thanks to widespread unionization, even if we were in a non-union shop, we still got taken care of better-because a good employee might have jumped to a union shop if he or she wasn’t treated well. Your and my parents, who suffered through both a awful Depression and then WW 2, did everything in their power to make sure that we all never had to suffer what they had gone through. The post-WW 2 era saw American opportunity for everyone who was willing to work for the chance, including minorities and women in due time.

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