> It should be easier to start families because families earn twice as much. This is only true for DINKs, families with access to free childcare, or families i

> It should be easier to start families because families earn twice as much. This is only true for DINKs, families with access to free childcare, or families in which both parents work schedules that can be arranged to make childcare possible, such as having non-overlapping workdays. The cost of child care where I live in MD is slightly greater than my wife's maximum post-tax earning potential, so we've chosen for her to stay home with the children. Moving back near family in NJ for the free childcare would reduce my income enough to negate any extra earned income from my wife working.