O'Reilly: Was America A "Better" Country In 1950s?
Bill O'Reilly Asks If The United States Was A Better Country In The 1950s, Clashes w/ Colmes/Crowley - YouTube
Tonight’s O’Reilly Factor tackled the question, was America a better country in the 1950s and the early 1960s than it is today?
In Bill O’Reilly’s Talking Points Memo, he said, “There’s no question that for minority Americans things were generally awful back then. […]
So on the civil rights issue, America is much improved today.” He noted that the 1950s were more wholesome, especially by today’s standards. “There was respect for
teachers, for cops, for clerics.
Now that’s gone.
The mantra today being: where’s mine?” O’Reilly commented. See how the debate unfolded when Alan Colmes and Monica Crowley joined the conversation.
Read more: DEBATE: Was America a Better Country in the 1950s Versus Today? | Fox News Insider
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Yes, the U.S. was much better. The demographics were more homogenous, more European/Caucasian/Christian. Moral standards were higher. Stores were closed on Sundays. There was the Diner's Club, but credit cards were rare. A larger middle-class existed. By 18-21, couples were married with children and a home. Few "shacked-up". More people had jobs that paid a living wage, because our nation made things in factories. You rec'd social security at retirement (65 years old). Life was simple.
Bill O'Reilly Asks If The United States Was A Better Country In The 1950s, Clashes w/ Colmes/Crowley - YouTube
Tonight’s O’Reilly Factor tackled the question, was America a better country in the 1950s and the early 1960s than it is today?
In Bill O’Reilly’s Talking Points Memo, he said, “There’s no question that for minority Americans things were generally awful back then. […]
So on the civil rights issue, America is much improved today.” He noted that the 1950s were more wholesome, especially by today’s standards. “There was respect for
teachers, for cops, for clerics.
Now that’s gone.
The mantra today being: where’s mine?” O’Reilly commented. See how the debate unfolded when Alan Colmes and Monica Crowley joined the conversation.
Read more: DEBATE: Was America a Better Country in the 1950s Versus Today? | Fox News Insider
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Yes, the U.S. was much better. The demographics were more homogenous, more European/Caucasian/Christian. Moral standards were higher. Stores were closed on Sundays. There was the Diner's Club, but credit cards were rare. A larger middle-class existed. By 18-21, couples were married with children and a home. Few "shacked-up". More people had jobs that paid a living wage, because our nation made things in factories. You rec'd social security at retirement (65 years old). Life was simple.