Posted on 05/03/2006 10:24:35 AM PDT by grundle
sounds like a class action suit in the making...who could be the defendant...perhaps they'll petition for "reparations."
Whether or not the dollar figures are entirely accurate, this article shows what stay-at-home moms have known for years. They don't get a paycheck for what they do every day (and night), but if they did, their many "jobs" would be worth some monetary value.
I remember when my husband and I purchased life insurance years ago. My husband thought that the only insurance he needed on me was enough to cover funeral costs if I died. Our agent explained to him that if I died, he would have to hire someone to do the work that I did...and that would cost money.
Also, unless I missed it in the article, they did not state that moms should be paid a salary.
Didn't notice the primary occupation on the list.
So, I wake up and make breakfast for the girls and an esspresso for my wife. At night I clean the kitchen. Some days I make dinner; weekends I help with the "big cook" for the week's food. What should I add to my salary?
Sorry. Its about the work required to maintain a household, not about salary or compensation.
I can get a good Eastern or Western European Nanny for just under $500 a week. My wife is going back to work!
Poor henpecked husbands. Now their stay at home wives will beat the hell out of them with this info.
Perhaps it serves a purpose in making women feel a sense of worth beyond the obvious benefits of being a stay-at-home mom. Also might make a few men sit up and take notice of how much their wives and the mothers of their children actually do. :)
Good!
Now we know how much of a TAX CREDIT Fathers should get, so they can pay their wife.
No one is denigrating the work that mothers do. But it is silly to overinflate them into a monetary value that is ridiculous.
It is this exaggeration that many here are having fun with. Yes, wives and mothers (stay-at-home and otherwise) perform valuable functions. So do fathers and husbands. Neither should be doing these because they expect to be compensated like a chief executive officer for it.
SD
That's why I am divorcing my wife and marrying one of those beautiful Mexican illegals. She'll do the job for 10% of that.
You and I both! Not everything in life is a big conspiracy. LOL I read the article as you did, and took away with it the simple thought (and true one), that stay-at-home moms and working moms do alot of work and they deserve some kudos for their efforts.
Im single and live alone, I have to do everything. Wheres my money?
Dads should be paid for yardwork, walking the dog, waxing the truck, barbequing, comparison shopping for the family car, for preparing taxes ...
I'm a stay home AND home schooling mom. That means my husband owes me even more!
OK. I confess. Sometimes I'm a bit of a slacker, so I'll settle for a nonnegotiable 100 grand. If I were my husband, I'd jump all over that deal! (heh, heh, heh)
I'm with you. The only message I gleaned was that stay-at-home-moms work really hard, and are providing a valuable service to their husbands and children.
Now, if the IRS starts trying to tax families with stay-at-home moms based on some kind of intangible income, then there might be an agenda here. Until then, I think it was just kind of a pat on the back to all the moms out there who left the workplace to raise a family.
I much should I get paid for brushing my own teeth? Or putting on my own clothes?
Also for the single parents who work full time (= minimum of 50 hours gone from the home) and do ALL the housekeeping, yard work, bill paying, etc....trying to keep a car or two running, insured and in gasoline; doctor appointments, school meetings....health insurance that costs 25% of your take-home pay.. If you have help with these things from a spouse or your illegal immigrant employees, count yourself lucky.
It's sad when the value of everything in this nation is reduced to it's worth in dollars and cents.
But then she'd have to pay taxes on it.
I had to quit my job and move back to the midwest to take care of my elderly mom. I'm not married but WHERE IS MY MONEY? I expect and demand that the government (you) pay for me to stay home like a "housewife." Now, fork it over.
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