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Ray Anne's avatar

Every. Single. Word. Right on point. Thanks.

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Richard Behan's avatar

Thom, I weep thinking about my good fortune and the squalid future almost guaranteed for my kids, grandkids, and great grandkids. We are well on the way to the Hunger Games society of the morbidly wealthy (love that term of yours) and the rest in squalor. My folks raised our family of three boys on a single income, and that one was damned modest. If my dad provided the income, my mom provided all day comfort and nurture for my brothers and me, and she didn't begin a career of her own until we went off to college. My wife and I could do all this too, and on a far better income. That's how our society was progressing, each generation better off than the preceding one. Our kids worked and we helped some, but they all finished college debt-free and then on their own completed master's degrees, still without having to borrow. But they need two incomes to raise their families, so their kids were shipped off to daycare. (I'm violating some contemporary taboo here, probably sexism, but I still think kids raised by their mothers are blessed, indeed.) Our grandkids are struggling to pay rent, working bullshit jobs, not able to save a nickle, families of their own probably out of reach, home ownership impossible. I agree with you Reagan's presidency was the inflection point, and I can't express my admiration for what you're doing: specifying the diseases and writing therapeutic presriptions, encouraging a return to sanity--and better times for all Americans. Your show and particularly the written words you're leaving behind are a huge comfort to us old duffers hoping for better future. Thanks.

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