Grandpa Gorman's Cleansing Shower
- chapter 5 -

In the 1950's life was great in the good old U.S.A.
Father worked his factory job and earned a good day's pay.

Dad was breadwinner then and Mother worked at home.
Caring for young children; didn't let them roam.

The 40-hour work-week was a fairly common fact.
Father's income was enough; the family never lacked.

Then, something terrible happened here to turn things upside down.
They moved our factories overseas -- our workers left to drown.

The greedy men in business and in Congress, too.
Set up plants where work was cheap - - China to Timbuctoo.

How can workers here compete with China's coolie pay?
They can't and now must face a new and dismal day.

Father's role as breadwinner has disappeared forever.
Now it takes a lot more hours to keep family together.

The last few years our Government has told a monstrous LIE.
That our economy was doing great -- recession we'd defy.

But -- IF the economy's doing great and everything is stable,
How come Mom and Pop must work to put food upon the table?

Now, Dad works two low-pay jobs; Mom is working too.
There are bills to pay and costs are high so, what's a soul to do?

Millions of good factory jobs have vanished overseas.
The 40-hour week is gone -- American Dream? -- "Deep-freeze"!

WANT SOME HARD FACTS ??

Big Government, its taxes and the inflation it creates - -
keep us working more for less - - instead of working less for more,
as it used to be - -

• See the Grandfather Government Spending Report, showing how federal,
  state & local governments now control more of the economic pie
  - - a lot more! - - leaving less left over for you and the private sector.
• Also see - - the Grandfather Tax Report, showing we now work more than 5
  months per year to cover government, compared to 1.4 months in
  our not so distant past. That's 3 time longer working for government.
• Also see - - the Regulation Compliance Cost Report, showing that
  increased government produces more regulations which increase company costs,
  forcing firms to produce goods abroad to meet competition from those
  with less regulatory costs - - or, go out of business.
• Also see - - the Inflation Report, showing continued long-term decline in
  purchasing power of your income - - despite some claiming inflation is dead
  while, to fake you out, they simply changed how they measure it.
• Also see - - the Grandfather Family Income Report, showing more moms
  than ever before are sucked into the work-force to help make ends meet, meaning
  less time for Johnny and auditing his education - - yet their parents could raise a
  family on one income.
• How does that help family's work less, instead of more?
• How does that help family living standards, savings and staying out of debt?

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