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>> consumerism definitely over in the '80s. people emerged from the '70s from tough economic times and went wow, we can now spend. >> i want you to think about this florentine plum also. that's what is going to set your eyes off. >> the economy started growing, and it was largely a consumer driven growth. but the consumer economy was funded by debt. >> the national bankruptcy rate is soaring. greg and diana, annual income, 3 -- $32,000. they had $12,000 unsecured debts, bought a washer, drier, and beta max tv recorder, then a home. then they went bankrupt. >> if you've got plastic money, there...

Avoid record keep being thank you casualness with which these senators acknowledge such habits reveals something scarier, at least to those born after 1980 how utterly uninterested they are in understanding the daily experience workplace expectations or priorities of their younger constituents. >> i totally disagree with you. i was watching this entire view on my beta max and got in the car and put in the eight track. >> did a carrier pigeon fly by and send you a message? >> printed it out on a dot matrix? >> yes. >> i'm not sure i agree with you but i want to hear more. why does this -- what ...

Debates, specifically on foreign policy, and the guy looked like nostradomus and barack obama looked clueless. go back. who was the one that said roll the tape or go to tape? go to tape. this is all on videotape. >> joe, i was sitting -- >> i'll wheel out my beta max and show you. >> everybody has saying that exactly that in the hampton's this weekend. >> mitt romney was right and barack obama was wrong. i was right may not be a bad bumper sticker for mitt romney in the republican primaries in 2016. >> you know what won't help him in the primaries? an endorsement from the hampton's view. >> th...

Saw on beta max! my parents rented it and i was like, oh, man, i can't wait and beta max! can you imagine wang that sucker in beta max? "animal house" was the greatest discovery. >> some of those buttons were so heavy to stop it. you had to have two hands to push the button down to stop it. >> just to get the whole thing in and push it down! push it down! >> my family actually bet on beta max. we lost. >> we lost. we still have it in the garage. >> i'm not sure where ours is. >> what was the big one? >> the vcr. >> no, laser disks. >> i missed that one. let's get to some other news this morn...

Government officials say the cia is paying at&t $10 million for access for its phone records. cia supplies phone numbers of suspected terrorists overseas and in return receives call phone data from the phone company. pretty good deal. these records also include americans in the united states making international calls. now officials say the relationship between cia and at&t is completely voluntary but that's go to be a real problem for at that time. >> "chicago tribune," video rental chain blockbuster will close its remaining 300 stores beginning next year. >> we have to sell our blockbuster s...