To: Proud_texan
Well, it's virtually impossible for the United States to revert back to mostly one-income families...wouldn't you agree?
Sure...there would be more children born if mothers stayed home and raised children but to survive and enjoy a reasonable standard of living? Impossible, IMO.
16 posted on
10/11/2006 11:45:22 AM PDT by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: DCPatriot
It's a good question and I don't know the answer but I will observe that a large factor seems to be where you live.
To: DCPatriot
Well, it's virtually impossible for the United States to revert back to mostly one-income families...wouldn't you agree?
That was a trap. Originally a second income gave a family a boost. But labor is also a matter of supply and demand. Increasing the labor force put downward pressure on real wages (against the upward pressure from increasing per capita productivity). The end result is that the two incomes now amount to one and neither worker can quit without a substantial reduction in the standard of living.
44 posted on
10/11/2006 8:07:55 PM PDT by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
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