Back in our childhoods and even into the 80s, we could not do business with communist countries. Now China has our manufacturing, our patents, our trade secrets and CHINA EVEN MAKES SOME OF OUR WEAPONS COMPONENTS. Yesterday was parts day and for the first time that I can remember, I picked up a bag with an Electrolux (Westinghouse style) dryer renewal kit that was marked Made in the People's Republic of China. I remember what I learned in elementary school: any country with People's Republic in the name is communist and any country with Democratic in the name is not.
As to why and how families in the post war era could do reasonably well with a single wage earner: organized labor. Labor unions had clout to set wages for their workers and those wages became the benchmark for other workers in other industries. One of the goals of moving manufacturing out of this country is to cripple labor unions which have traditionally been supportive of Democratic candidates and positions. Don't you see the connection between a country of the very rich and the poor and Republican ideals? If you can't, don't bother taking art appreciation lessons because you are blind.
As to why and how families in the post war era could do reasonably well with a single wage earner: organized labor. Labor unions had clout to set wages for their workers and those wages became the benchmark for other workers in other industries. One of the goals of moving manufacturing out of this country is to cripple labor unions which have traditionally been supportive of Democratic candidates and positions. Don't you see the connection between a country of the very rich and the poor and Republican ideals? If you can't, don't bother taking art appreciation lessons because you are blind.