Wealth was redistributed after ww2. If you went from a shack owned by a coal company to a good job for 40 years some wealth could be accumulated. If you had 14 children, without a father that wealth wasn't much unless those children were well educated and didn't have 14 more fatherless children.
50 thousand will buy a new car, which is exactly what I think my grandson would do if given access to that at 18.
The old saying about appreciating what you have to work hard to acquire still seems true to me.
50 thousand will buy a new car, which is exactly what I think my grandson would do if given access to that at 18.
The old saying about appreciating what you have to work hard to acquire still seems true to me.