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Positive - The housing industry exploded. Government programs like the GI Bill offered low-cost housing and education loans to returning servicemen, which brought college education and home ownership to more Americans than ever before.

Negative - Well that's all fine and dandy but the exploding housing industry left "urban decay" for many minority groups including the African Americans and Mexicans. Some people even thought that Americans were feeling to pressured to move into Suburban America.

Positive- Many more Americans joined the middle class as they obtained homes, education, and disposable income. With more money to spend—and more goodies on which to spend it—Americans began to buy. They created the biggest period of retail spending the United States had yet seen.

Negative- In the economic boom, more and more people are having children. Along with this huge population increase comes poverty among Americans. These are not the "Happy Days" because 1/5 of all Americans are living in poverty.

Positive- Thats mighty wrong. Changes in the law and in government regulations increased wages for many workers. For many other workers, their actual jobs even changed. Corporations began to consolidate during the postwar period, creating huge conglomerates like International Telephone and Telegraph. That meant an increase in office jobs, often with valuable benefits.

Negative- Cool it, I'm just giving you some statistics. You try to make it sounds like everything is fine and dandy in America but I'm telling you, Americans are living in a state of hysteria! The McCarthy hearings have everyone scared. Communism might be spreading in America! The HUAC is publicly attacking people in the government. What do you think of this? Not so "happy," huh?

Positive- Ah, but there were many things that were covering up the thought of communism. By 1949, Americans were buying 250,000 televisions a month. And of course, they also bought frozen dinners, plastic items, dishwashers, garbage disposals, washing machines, automatic dryers, high fidelity record players, power lawn movers, synthetic fiber clothing and fabrics, and much more. 12 million veterans started families and there was a boss, great, huge baby boom which was great for America and for the population.

Negative- Like I said before, one out of every five Americans are still living in poverty, so don't have a cow. Instead of trying to cover everything up with your fancy frozen dinners and washing machines we should be focusing on all of this illegal immigration over the border from Mexico. These poor people are being exploited for work so they don't get caught and have to return to Mexico.

Positive- You have frosted me. America is trying as hard as it possibly can to give people jobs and higher wages. The government increased wages which helped the economy a lot. Since people are buying more, more people have jobs. There has been problems with immigration forever and don't blame the fight for jobs on the korean war, you cube.

Negative- Get with it. The immigration problems are only getting worse. Check the statistics if you don't believe me.