The United States of AmeriKKKa - Then and now
1950 Dow Jones Industrials at 200
2004 Dow Jones Industrials 10,600
1950 Drug trafficking virtually unknown
2004 Drug trafficking endemic
1950 US had the largest gold reserves
2004 Gold reserves?
1950 US world's biggest creditor
2004 US world's biggest debtor
1950 US industrial giant
2004 US no longer self-sufficient
Source:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0408/S00277.htm