• Flying Squid
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    310 months ago

    Except they had things like the G.I. bill which gave them money to go to college or buy a house and improve their lives. Every man who was in the military in WWII had that as an option. Maybe some didn’t utilize it, but that was by choice. If you include their spouses and children, that’s way more than 10% of the population.

    Wages were comparatively higher too.

    But I don’t know anyone on the left pining for the lifestyle of the 1950s, that’s something conservatives want. I wouldn’t mind the wages of the 1950s (adjusted for inflation) and I wouldn’t mind taxing the rich at 90%, but I sure would mind the racism and the sexism.

    • @iopq@lemmy.world
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      110 months ago

      I wouldn’t mind the wages of the 1950s (adjusted for inflation)

      Adjusted for inflation, much lower than today

      I wouldn’t mind taxing the rich at 90%

      There were loopholes that allowed most people to pay much less, so that’s why they closed those loopholes later