> It should be easier to start families because families earn twice as much. In practice, it doesn't translate to immediately doubling the effective income. Yo

> It should be easier to start families because families earn twice as much. In practice, it doesn't translate to immediately doubling the effective income. You hear many accounts of people whom their father was working a single job in a gas station, yet they afforded a house and car and other amenities. Today that doesn't happen anymore. Furthermore, the children will suffer when both parents are working.