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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: HPilot who wrote (111714)10/5/2011 2:37:19 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 224744
 
My mother did not have to work, and were able to raise me and my brothers well. Now we both have to work

I can't speak to your particular family, but in many cases both spouses "have to work" because expectations are higher. Many couples could get by with one earner if they wanted to get by the way people did in the 50s- Smaller houses and apartments, one car per household (and that car wouldn't have all the electronic gadgets and safety equipment, and probably would be less powerful), eating out rarely, and home made meals designed to save money (few or no expensive ingredients, recipes designed to use less of the more expensive parts of ordinary ingredients (more bread in meatloaf, less eggs in backed goods etc.), one TV, no internet service, no paid TV, etc. Not that's I'd want to live that way if I can live according to the higher expected norm of today; but the point is that Americans as a whole are wealthier than in the past, not poorer.
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