Job losses and unemployment soared under Reagan. Reagan EXTENDED unemployment benefits, and tens of thousands were given free cheese (its not funny. It happened.). Of course executive pay coincidentally SOARED as labor conceded.... Heres the story as told by Billy Joel.... Allentown Well were living here in Allentown And theyre closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem theyre killing time Filling out forms Standing in line Well our fathers fought the Second World War Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Met our mothers in the USO Asked them to dance Danced with them slow And were living here in Allentown But the restlessness was handed down And its getting very hard to stay Well were waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real Iron and coke And chromium steel And were waiting here in Allentown But theyve taken all the coal from the ground And the union people crawled away Every child had a pretty good shot To get at least as far as their old man got But something happened on the way to that place They threw an American flag in our face Well Im living here in Allentown And its hard to keep a good man down But I wont be getting up today And its getting very hard to stay And were living here in Allentown
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:50:51 +0000
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