How come that during the 1970s, most Americans could work a 40-hour week and own a house and car, support a family and put kids through college?

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thats alie, id say 40% of people did that everybody else rented, took the bus,and their kids didnt go to higher education,it only in tv shows that peopel did allthose things

SW-User

@jefferson 40% of people did that? Well, it's more like 5% now, or less.

jefferson

@SW-User i just lucked a percentage from the ether, your probably right, so why this question

SW-User

@jefferson Why? Because hardly anyone can do that now.