FlyingSwan
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- Aug 11, 2009
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@kochman.standard of living has definately decreaced,probably began in the 90s for me when shops were allowed to open sundays,that little bastion of a day off was gone forever.Position im in now is a lot worse than 10/15 years ago,prices go up,wages stay the same.I think you will be hard pushed to find anyone in the UK now who can honestly say there standard of living has improved(other than my best buddys the hedgefund managers and investment bankers)
I just asked my Mom the Q and she said uniquivicably the 1950s was the time she had the best standard of living,Im not 100% but I believe that was a GA in the USA too?In her opinion everything started to go wrong economically when Thatcher(her mentor was Hayek) got into power-free market capitalism comes in,public services get privatised,miners strikes-blahblah(read the history)I think at this point the true selfishness of society showed its true colours and things have been worse since.
On the suface labour saving devices sound great,but the reality is that people now have to work longer hours,theres more stress,less jobs etc,etc.I could go through the entire list of your replys to nichol bolas and back up everyone with the source bieng my mom.It wouldnt suprise me if you asked people you know over 60 in the USA when they thought there standard of living was best,and I bet you its pre Reagonomics.
I just asked my Mom the Q and she said uniquivicably the 1950s was the time she had the best standard of living,Im not 100% but I believe that was a GA in the USA too?In her opinion everything started to go wrong economically when Thatcher(her mentor was Hayek) got into power-free market capitalism comes in,public services get privatised,miners strikes-blahblah(read the history)I think at this point the true selfishness of society showed its true colours and things have been worse since.
On the suface labour saving devices sound great,but the reality is that people now have to work longer hours,theres more stress,less jobs etc,etc.I could go through the entire list of your replys to nichol bolas and back up everyone with the source bieng my mom.It wouldnt suprise me if you asked people you know over 60 in the USA when they thought there standard of living was best,and I bet you its pre Reagonomics.