Then, the good times weren't over. In fact, they were coming back, with the Reagan recovery, the renewal of the American spirit and the end of a Cold War that had consumed so much of our lives.
Yet whoever wins today, it is hard to be sanguine about the future.
The demographic and economic realities do not permit it.
Consider. Between 1946 and 1964, 79 million babies were born -- the largest, best-educated and most successful generation in our history. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both born...












And Pat Buchanan points out the reality we'll be facing - the military along with everything else government will HAVE to be scaled back. Ron Paul wanted to do this in a pre-emptive way, the other guys want to just ignore the problem.