 vibrant, absolutely booming economy, the post-war American economy, full of veterans like my dad, who had gone very quickly on the GI Bill, back to finish their college, get a law degree, and start a small-town law practice, join a small-town law firm. But all around me were steel workers and their kids, and I went to school with them. All around me were car workers and their kids, and I went to school with them. It's a union town. I've never had anything against the union. And the union towns are broken.