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Old 04-25-2008, 10:03 AM
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Well said, Scanner. jc3900, you seem to have this notion that everything in the country was peaches and cream years ago. That isn't true. First off, the lifespan was much shorter - around mid 50's at the turn of the 1900s. So there wasn't much of an elderly population to deal with. Now, the average is mid 70s and many are living into their 80s, 90s and over 100.

Yes, people were poor and hungry. Read your history.
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