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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:50 AM Original message |
My Parents Managed to Raise Two Kids on One Salary. That's Impossible Today -- What Happened? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Loss of union clout a key |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Its hard to raise two kids on two salaries nowadays. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. US insatiable appetite for cheap foreign goods |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Do we have an alternative? |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. We had a choice in the past |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Actually, I did make that choice |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. greedy corporate management |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. You summed it up nicely. Americans were sold the poisoned |
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ogsbee (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Some things require a political choice not an individual one |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lots of Little Things too |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Cost of housing went up because the norm became two income earners. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Add to this the effect of 'assortive mating' |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Complex issue |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. my parents managed to raise |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ronald Reagan happened. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ahh....shit happened. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reaganomics |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. I want to point out that this idea of feeding a family 30-50 yrs ago with one salary was largely |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thank you |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Immigrants, as well as people of color |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sadly, it was women's lib. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Strongly disagree. I don't think it was Women's lib that caused women to have to go to work. |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. In CA housing cost have gone up much more. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Everybody is 100% RIGHT. |
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TaffyMoon (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. Economics |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Personally, I don't think it is not possible. Back in those |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That's true. I remember saving my allowance to get a new record |
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