Via: Fisher-Priceįor those who get nostalgic about the toys they and their children grew up with, this new Chatter Telephone could be the perfect way for adults and children to play together since a grown-up would need to set up the Bluetooth connection and supervise the call. A USB port on the back recharges the device. There is also a speaker phone function which operates by way of a small red button near the dial, one of the only obvious differences between this new-fangled model and the previous non-functional ones. For the first time in decades kids can experience what it’s like to “hang up” a phone instead of simply pushing an off button. A Bluetooth connection inside allows one to use the rotary dial to actually place a phone call and the headset can be used for its original purpose. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the toy’s release to the public, Fisher-Price have given this cheerful toy an upgrade. Toy kitchens, vacuums, and phones became the norm and we’re still buying them for kids all these years later. Up until that point phones were usually reserved for the wealthy and to make calls average folks would have had to go into town.īut, by the 1960s a wave of affluence created an increased market for toys that mimicked the things adults used on a daily basis. The Chatter Telephone was released in 1961, a time when more and more households were having phone lines installed. A vintage version of the classic phone toy. Now, as an anniversary special the company has made it so that the dummy phone can actually make phone calls for the first time ever.
The Fisher-Price Chatter Telephone is one such plaything, with generations of children growing up babbling into the bright red handset. Join thousands already receiving our daily newsletter.There are some toys so iconic that even if you were too old to play with them or never had them in your toy box you still recognize instantly. Readers may email Cal Thomas at Look for Cal Thomas’ latest book “America’s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States” (HarperCollins/Zondervan).
But when Democrats are drunk on spending and power and too many Americans have an entitlement mentality, it doesn’t appear either side is prepared to go cold turkey when it comes to spending. More spending, as in “The Inflation Reduction Act,” won’t reduce inflation, any more than drinking more alcohol leads to sobriety. Only government seems to grow without end. Businesses do this, or something similar. Every program and agency that is not living up to its original purpose and can’t be done better in the private sector should be eliminated. If Republicans regain control of at least the House of Representatives in November, they should commission an outside firm with no connection to a party or politician to conduct a complete audit of the federal government. I am going to repeat a suggestion I have made before and maybe this time some legislators will pay attention. Politicians know this, which is why trying to cut even the rate of increased spending for outdated programs is treated like taking away a child’s favorite toy. Addictions, whether to substances, or government, are hard to break. Though some of his programs were necessary during the Depression, the idea of “entitlement” grew.
Credit, or blame, Franklin Roosevelt for expanding the role, reach and cost of government. For many it has become a first resource, while in the Coolidge and earlier years it was a last resort. Government now sees itself as the primary provider of life’s necessities. There is a certain elitism about this bill, as well as there is with many things that come from Washington. The federal government is taking in record amounts of revenue, but politicians can’t control themselves when it comes to spending. Such bipartisanship appears to be long gone. Part of that had to do with welfare reform, which resulted from cooperation between Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich. The last president to preside over surpluses was Bill Clinton, from 1998 to 2001. The national debt increased by $7.8 trillion during the Trump administration. Republicans don’t have clean hands when it comes to government spending, a leading cause of inflation. The Penn Wharton Budget Model, a group of economists and data scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, concludes the law will have no impact when it comes to reducing inflation.Īn analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that audits of taxpayers making under $400,000 annually will account for about $20 billion in revenue for the Inflation Reduction Act. And it doesn’t do what Biden and Democrats say it will do, particularly on inflation. The new law puts government ahead of business and diminishes the power of the individual in favor of the power of Washington.
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