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Originally Posted by pan6467
Funny the answer by many GOP not just here but everywhere is "well both parents need to work then". Which is laughable when they then complain that the kids today have no discipline because both parents work.
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i haven't read anyone from either side of the aisle say this was desirable or that should be necessary. either way, if both parents are lucky enough to work daytime hours (i know that isn't always possible in wage earning jobs) and any kids are schooling age... that leaves quite a bit of time for family life. my point with a dual income is that even unskilled laborers can earn a decent living if both chip away at it with some of the lowest wages in the country. dei's personal anecdote is proof that we've got a lot of room for improvement... i'm just unwilling to sound the alarm bell just yet.
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The right work so hard to make everyone believe it is the poors fault, and yet they are tools for the elite who make more in one year than all of us in this forum probably do combined.
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in my experience this is more of a phantom. i have yet to meet someone who believes being poor is
necessarily a character flaw of any kind. if you find someone who would have you believe that... i'll be the first to turn my back.
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They say taxes are high and yet in the 40's through 60's which are considered the USA's prime years the rich paid upwards of 75% of their income in taxes.
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we also fought decent sized war in the 40's and spent the early 50's rebuilding a continent or two. we also know that coming out of the fifties and on into the sixties was the highest poverty rate yet recorded for our country.
http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/h.../hstpov13.html