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Liberty Slipping: 10 Things You Could Do in 1975 That You Can't Do Now
Economic Policy Journal Blog ^ | July 22, 2013 | Robert Wenzel

Posted on 07/23/2013 7:26:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In 1975:

1.You could buy an airline ticket and fly without ever showing an ID.

2.You could buy cough syrup without showing an ID.

3.You could buy and sell gold coins without showing an ID

4.You could buy a gun without showing an ID

5.You could pull as much cash out of your bank account without the bank filing a report with the government.

6.You could get a job without having to prove you were an American.

7.You could buy cigarettes without showing an ID

8.You could have a phone conversation without the government knowing who you called and who called you.

9. You could open a stock brokerage account without having to explain where the money came from.

10. You could open a Swiss bank account with ease. All Swiss banks were willing and happy to open accounts for Americans.

There are thousands of other examples.The monitoring is in place all that is required from here is the clampdown.

The differences, between now and 1975 in the business sector are even more prevalent. In recent years, in industry after industry regulations and prohibitions have been poured on top of free markets. It doesn't look like things will get any better in years to come. Eventually, the economy will suffocate and collapse, if this continues.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Government; Travel
KEYWORDS: banglist; economy; freedom; guncontrol; privacy; rights; secondamendment; september12era; statism; surveillancestate; trends
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To: Mr. K

Cigs are up 1000% and so are cars. So why can I buy a refrigerator now for the same price as I paid in 1975?


61 posted on 07/23/2013 8:04:28 PM PDT by Jude in WV
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I was born in 1975, so this resonates with me. And not for the better.


62 posted on 07/23/2013 8:04:45 PM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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To: Pontiac

“You could drain a swamp or fill in a low spot on your property”

Yes! Before the Clean Water Act and the Glancing Goose Hypothesis.


63 posted on 07/23/2013 8:05:54 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: MediaMole
#4 hasn’t been true since 1968

I bought a .22 rifle for my son in early 1980 something.

I guess the guy could tell I was over 18 since I had my son with me.

No ID and no forms to fill out.

64 posted on 07/23/2013 8:06:16 PM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just 8 years earlier, blacks were burning down their cities.
Today, there’s nothing left of Detroit to burn, so they quit that practice.


65 posted on 07/23/2013 8:06:31 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Cap74

Libertarians position on illegal aliens is essentially open borders like the democrats. No thanks.


66 posted on 07/23/2013 8:09:01 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: sonofagun

Nope, wine, spirits and any beer I wanted. Then I landed at the San Francisco airport on my way to serve a one year tour in Korea. Couldn’t buy a drop.


67 posted on 07/23/2013 8:09:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind each blade of grass.)
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To: Williams
"don’t think minors could buy cigarettes in 1975."

When I was a little kid in the 70's, I couldn't tell you how many times I'd be helping my dad in the garden and he'd send me to the corner store for a pouch of Levi Garret. If I'd been particularly good, he'd give me an extra $0.25 for a pack of baseball cards.

68 posted on 07/23/2013 8:11:20 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: DemforBush

lol...if you have a dog, make sure he’s safe and secure elsewhere.....and leave the door wide open so you don’t have to fix it.


69 posted on 07/23/2013 8:11:46 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey, NSA!)
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To: Drango

When we kids were particularly wound up scrapping buttheads,
Pop came home with two sets of boxing gloves.

He said I am tired of yall wanting to fight!
Yall want to fight?
Here..
Go fight!

Marquees of Queensberry rules..

I guess that is child abuse by today’s standards.


70 posted on 07/23/2013 8:18:39 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Williams

“I don’t think minors could buy cigarettes in 1975.”

Not legally but i bought them when I was 12. I could get away with it because I was 6-0 and weighed 150.


71 posted on 07/23/2013 8:20:07 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Girlene
Oh, here's a new one. You could have a lady come in once a week to help out with the housecleaning, and not have to keep employment or social security records.

Although I confess I still do that.

72 posted on 07/23/2013 8:20:08 PM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For the record we are on the verge of repeating some crappy stuff from 1975.
**** poor economy, High unemployment, Inflation.

If Obama loses the current near zero interest rate, the national debt with explode.


73 posted on 07/23/2013 8:23:49 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I was born in 1975, and I don’t think they HAD to get me a Socialist Insecurity Number.


74 posted on 07/23/2013 8:28:23 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: mylife

I don’t recall ever not having the money. I think his fees must have been in line with most people’s income at that time.

He was well off because he worked 16 hours a day and was called out to deliver babies in the night. He had office hours and made hospital rounds.

Now, doctors charge high prices and hire a PA or NP to see patients. Most don’t go to the hospital.

The population in our county has declined also. But the number of doctors and other health care workers has greatly multiplied.


75 posted on 07/23/2013 8:39:52 PM PDT by Jude in WV
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To: Drango

OMG!
I was churning butter at 5, making cake donuts and working the fields at 7.
When I got bigger I was haying the fields and scraping hogs.

Lordy, Lordy the abuse.


76 posted on 07/23/2013 8:40:03 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: TontoKowalski

Shhhhhhhhh- NSA, IRS is watching/listening. .....(something they weren’t doing in 1975)


77 posted on 07/23/2013 8:41:48 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey, NSA!)
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To: Jude in WV

We always had the money, even though we were blue collar, But you knew the Doc personal back then, and barter could be arranged.
Now that is against the law.
We are all gonna deal with a Gov Bureaucracy soon.
It is bad enough already due to Teddy Kennedy.


78 posted on 07/23/2013 8:42:57 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Jude in WV

Soon There will be no family Doc.
It will be the Gov run Walmart clinic.

All grievances to be filed via IRS.


79 posted on 07/23/2013 8:45:26 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve got about 12 million arguments against #6.


80 posted on 07/23/2013 8:46:40 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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