throwaway0887

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   by throwaway0887 7y ago

   Your source only includes married couples with children, not Americans in general. There's many variables that changed to fulfil that definition in the meantime. For example, these days said couples tend to be older, more educated and
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   by throwaway0887 7y ago

   > They almost never had to, so that's a pretty lousy bar to use. That's a pretty naive thing to say IMO. Humans almost always had to work that much, especially after agriculture was invented.
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   by throwaway0887 7y ago

   > A single family household from a single high school educated worker could support a house, a car, children, a non working spouse, food and utilities. I'm not sure things are much different today vs back then. Two working parents w