Posted on 02/12/2019 7:02:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Maybe it was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the rise of e-thots.
Well once we implement Socialism we won’t HAVE a workforce, so the joke’s on them.
High taxes forced women into the workplace so families could keep up.
I share mixed feelings about the women-in-the-workforce statistic because it makes me wonder about what is happening to the culture and to the children while the mothers work. However, the TAX POLICIES of the United States and the accompanying problems with the costs of housing and life basics are very skewed against one-income, working male head-of-household families. These so-called “conservatives” have not been very persuasive or powerful in the face of government demands on families so it honestly makes me sick to hear them complain about measures that assist working women.
I say this as part of a one-income family. Do something that makes one-income families more likely, and then have the luxury of complaining about Ivanka Trump and her efforts to support working families!!
source: an anonymous FReeper
BKMK - Prager’s youtube series is excellent. Given the chance, most women (mothers) I work with would rather stay home, and I work with about 85% females.
:) Or maybe it was a reference to women making money creating baby body parts for sell.
I thought we needed more women in STEM jobs so I changed my gender.
Americans have a lot of debt and taxes to pay.
That’s why women must work
Americans have a lot of debt and taxes to pay.
That’s why women must work
Truth is that we as a society have managed to inflict SO much damage upon the institution of marriage that if I were a young woman, I would be afraid to NOT pursue a career.
” mixed feelings about the women-in-the-workforce statistic because it makes me wonder about what is happening to the culture and to the children while the mothers work. “
I feel that there is no substitute, in the first 6 / 7 years,for a ‘at home’ wife....
And... a dog to illustrate constant love and affection....
RE: Americans have a lot of debt and taxes to pay.
That’s why women must work
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Mortgage + Taxes + Credit Card Bills + Other debt ( e.g. Cars ) + Rent/Property Taxes + Energy Bills/Utilities + Healthcare
Even if a Woman wants to stay home, one income from her husband can’t make those ends meet.
I didn’t cheer from home at that remark OR the one where both parents should get leave for a baby’s birth.
I agree with you about women working. Most I know with younger children are stressed with work and care time. Probably the best idea is for a 3 day work week for moms. That keeps their work knowledge up to date and then allows them to get chores at home done so when the husband and kids are home, they can love on them vs. boot camp schedules! Two of my nieces work 4 day weeks and that works well for them too, even the one with young children.
Paid time off for leave for dads. SUPER bad idea. Dad’s are supposed to support the family so working at this time makes everyone strong, IMO. The major problem with this is those who get EIC and have babies every year. Imagine what that would do at their business?!!! Then, in this fluidity sexual craze we are in, a dad can identify as a mom and probably get leave!!!! It has too many loopholes and will burden most small businesses beyond their means to survive.
You can’t fix stupid, but we must try.
If women worked it generally wasn't out of economic necessity because they needed two incomes to survive.
What changed?
Why do we now need two incomes?
It seems to me wages began a long period of stagnation in the 70s' and the cost of living has increased faster than wages.
What were the economic/social shifts?
It’s a political speech reflecting the state of the union, Prager.
Gotta support all the welfare leeches, illegal aliens, and other assorted hangers-on ...
Cut Fedzilla back to Constitutional size (and yes, that means eliminating some programs that some FReepers adamantly support), and there won't be so many taxes to pay.
The U.S. was the only industrial power to emerge from World War II with its infrastructure and industrial capacity unscathed. We were able to enjoy a very high standard of living because nobody else could compete with us in most industries.
There is this misconception among a lot of people that these were the "good old days," and we could just go back to that if we wanted to. The reality is that those years were an anomaly in history, not the norm.
By the 1970s, Europe and Japan were back on their feet and new emerging countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia were starting to become major global competitors.
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