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To: raybbr
Now I am sure those numbers reflect mom and dad working.

Then prove it.

We have an incredibly larger number of households now compared to 1967 and even with that increase in numbers, the average real income of the American family has risen dramatically. I suspect, should you really do your homework, that you'd find that the number of single parent households today is very large and refutes your assertion that the increase in income over the years is solely because both parents are working.

66 posted on 03/17/2006 10:12:09 AM PST by Mase
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To: Mase
The number of single-parent families has grown from 10 percent in 1965 to 28 percent in 1996. Most children come from families where there is no stay-at-home parent. The percentage of families with both parents working has risen from 37 percent in 1975 to 62 percent in 1996. In most families, both parents must work to get by. This is a big change. Combine this with working single parents and we've got a whopping 64 percent of families where all parents are working. From here.

In 2002, 18.4 million married families with children, almost 68 percent, had both parents working. In over 55 percent of these families, the women were working full-time, year-round. From here.

I suspect, should you really do your homework, that you'd find that the number of single parent households today is very large and refutes your assertion that the increase in income over the years is solely because both parents are working.

There are the facts. Believe them or not. I did not state that the increase was "solely because both parents are working". Even the WH sees this as a problem. But, to a super-capitalist like you it's just the way things ought to be.

67 posted on 03/17/2006 4:29:12 PM PST by raybbr
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