Up until the womens lib movement couples all over the world for the last few thousand years survived off the husband’s income alone. So WTF happened that people can no longer survive on a single income? I have no love whatsoever for the occupy crowd, but they are fueled by an underlying truth.. something is seriously wrong with our wageslave society.
Well,, even though it’s not popular to say. Women flooding into the workforce has doubled the size of the workforce, and this glut in supply, has driven down prices (wages)
Combine this with laws that practically beg women to see divorce and unwed motherhood as very survivable alternatives, (also requiring them to enter the workforce) and you have your answer.
Thats why,,, supply doubled, wages dropped,,and now both must work to create what was possible for one before.
Also,, the absolute flood of central planning and regulation has made it brutal to go into business on your own with a good idea and a work ethic.
PS,, also, look at the houses people lived in back then. Simple, inexpensive, and no more than needed. That has also made surviving on one wage much more challenging.
we thought we could have it all...calm, peaceful family, and two working parents bringing in all the money....
what a lie....
I think I stumbled across the answer to your observation this morning in 2 Timothy 3, especially verse 6, but read it in context of vs 1-9.