For some reason, Froma Harrop, writing for the Providence Journal, put 2+2 together properly. If you read her column here, you will see what I mean. She manages to paint a good rendering of what our material standard of living (SOL) has done within one generation.
The human side of the story, and why Americans made such strides in our SOL escapes this column. But to stop and read it, consider the reality of our parents just 50 years ago, and to see what makes us whiny now, really makes one ill. It is no wonder the Greatest Generation just shook their head as we built bigger houses, bought more expensive toys on a line of credit based on the collateral of...our bigger houses. Not quite a house of cards, but a good representation.
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