[kach22i]

Originally Posted by tabs

This is a long held belief of mine. America was at its zenith in the early 1960's. America was on top of the world an economic power house. With the prosperity even Blue Collar factory workers became middle class. This was a first in history. Never had so many lived so well.

Britain abandoned the gold standard in 1931; the USA abandoned it in 1971.................do the math.