The Golden Era of Opportunity

Most every adult smoked cigarettes in the 1950s and the sidewalks and gutters were full of cigarette butts. The Korean War killed 12 times more Americans than died on 9-11 and wounded 100,000 more. Most houses had no showers, only bathtubs, and usually only one bathroom in the house,. No seat belts, or child seats if you were in a car accident; top marginal tax rate was 91%.