people's experience of their youth, actually sometimes has no larger political relevance (at least student loans or something does). Birth control is more effective (some flawed pills back then) now than it was then, and some of it safer now as well. Whatever the 70s were, I can sure assure you that growing up in the decades that followed very little that was positive was left over. It is fairer to blame Reaganism than the 70s as without that everything would be much more postiive, however given that in the mix it all kind of becomes a muddle (I mean I think things became mutual reinforcing in some cases or in other cases generated such a bad counterreaction that we lived with the mess). Women are free to support themselves but the job market and economic conditions in which they must became ever more brutal.
Trees don't grow on money
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
ANM - I voted for Hillary Clinton (no great surprise for you'all there at this point, no LOL?) - with one of the main reasons being that Hillary Clinton would not bash Mexico as Trump did/continues to do....thereby potentially putting at risk access to affordable health and dental care located right across the border that is a lifeline for so many Americans, especially those needing expensive procedures and/or those is low-wage border states. My point here is that I am so disillusioned with US politics that one of my chief reasons for voting that way I did was I was afraid that access to health care in a FOREIGN country might be cut off - that says A LOT about how much faith I have in the United States when you get right down to it. For those of you who don't get this - A). Be glad you don't but realize that your financial situation could change in the blink of an eye and you are not immune from understanding this at a later date, and B). I was far from the only vote for Hillary Clinton cast for this very reason. Certainly I'm far from the only one disillusioned to this level. Rob
I remember paying $1000 for a JVC vcr around 1980. And then had to pay $100 just to have a membership to rent videos.
i was looking hard at he Sony Betamax, but they did not have much of a selection of movies to rent.
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