Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:41:40 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) Message-ID: <980617154140.ZM12469@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> "Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...)" (Jun 17, 9:27am) References: <199806131959.QAA25251@roma.coe.ufrj.br> <19980613174107.42635@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> <19980615125757.61980@papillon.lemis.com> <grog@lemis.com> <980616221213.ZM10797@darkstar.connect.com> <19980616181307.09604@papillon.lemis.com> <980617015652.ZM11169@darkstar.connect.com> <3587E069.488410B3@softweyr.com>
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On Jun 17, 9:27am, Wes Peters wrote: > Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) > Frank Pawlak wrote: > > > I had forgotten about this. In the 50's we had a lot of politicians looking > > for communists behind every lamp post and under every bed. A lot of elections > > were won using that stance. In general the 1950's were good years here, with > > the exceptions of that and civil rights. > > Except the government was systematically destroying "America-as-it-was" and > creating the suburban welfare state we now enjoy. Of coure in the 1950's > it was far too early to see the damage they had done. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com >-- End of excerpt from Wes Peters I take it that you are referring to the systematic way that the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, the disappearance of the middle class through tax law changes? I agree "America today" is not "America-as it was" then. sigh! Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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