Author: At-home moms should work instead

Houston Chronicle ^ | 04/06/2007 | JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer

[Responsibility2nd]

See post 76.

I don’t imagine the IRS has many family friendly policies left at all.

[Gabz]

This seems like the most obvious way our government discriminates against single income families though. I would like to see it done away with.

You will get no argument out of me on that point.

I'm just watching out now for the child labor laws. LOL!!!!.........other than my husband the only "employees" I will have this spring, summer and fall will be my 8 year old daughter, her 8 year old friend, and the friend's mom and 2 year old sister.

Of course sweat equity probably doesn't play into it - they get all the produce they want, as long as they help plant, weed, and harvest-----it's a beautiful thing :)

[Responsibility2nd]

No, taxes are a primary reason why mom and dad have to work.

See my post # 57.

Even if we gave up the big screens, the cars, the trips, and all that.... The gubmint still takes way so much more than 50 years ago.

I'm convinced that if we enacted the Fair Tax , mom and dad would not have to work.

[traditional1]

"but your emotional outburst is interesting"

As far as being an "emotional outburst", let me just cite the assault from the 1950's to current conditions, and let's look at the reality:

and finally:

Now, tell me again how taxes and government entitlement spending to gobble it up, have not driven mothers from their families to the workforce........

[kanawa]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Doing more than her share might be a good idea...

...and I don't mean at the buffet table.

[Responsibility2nd]

Excellant respone!

Even though I got the red x’s, it was excellant.

Please post the links. I think you have the sources I was speaking about from back in post #36

Thank you!

[cajungirl]

I think for some you are right, probably the vast working class. But I see well to do men with wives that work and farm out the children and compete to see who has the most expensive nanny. I think people just consume constantly, buy buy buy, more and more. It seems nutsy to me lately.

[traditional1]

Here's the links (I hope they work for you)

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2323/mothersworkingom4.gif

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8843/sstaxratecu0.gif

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9292/sharepiewn5.gif

Let me know if they work okay for you...

[stephenjohnbanker]

“For the last 6 years, I have had a corporate job making GREAT money.

I don’t regret one minute that I was at home. I regret that I missed so much of those early, early years.”

BUMP!

[Responsibility2nd]

No, dang it.

Sorry.

What about the URL? The website itself? I can go there and see.

Thanks.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yoe, BUMP

[pbmaltzman]

One of the things I don't quite get is this: If the earlier feminists were concerned about choice for women, why can't they just leave other women alone to make their own choices? And the same goes for SAH mommies.

When I was young enough to have kids, I didn't think I'd have been happy being a SAH wife and mom. But I knew plenty of women who were perfectly happy with that choice. Why can't they have what they want, and why can't I have what I want, without the, bashing each other?

I used to live next door to two different SAH mommies who looked down on me for not being a SAH mommy. Sheesh.

[Mrs.Z]

Last week a conversation with 4 moms.

We ALL FOUND A WAY TO KEEP OUR KIDS OUT OF DAY CARE (night shifts, not working, working part-time)

OUR KIDS ARE ALL:
Mature
Self-confident
Successful

[processing please hold]

At home moms should work-I do!

[texpat72]

I work harder than most “working” Moms!

[Gabz]

I have to disagree with you. Taxes are a MAJOR factor.

I don’t need to keep up with the Jones’ and we don’t, I drive a 10 year old car with over 200,000 miles on it, my husband drives a newer vehicle, but living where we do a pickup is a necessity. Utilities are out of control as are the taxes on them, but I’m sorry, I can’t live without electric. I can make due without it during an outage, but it is a necessity. The biggest TV I’ve ever had is 25.” Our daughter gets new clothes when school starts and Christmas, everything else comes from thrift shops. Shoes, well I will actually get myself a new pair sometime in the next month.

I probably had more at 8 than my 8 year old currently has and probably less than my mom did, and that was in 1968.

Taxes are the primary reason I didn’t even bother applying for a job with the County last year, one I was more than qualified for.

[Gabz]

Those are turly scary numbers.

[an amused spectator]

“Because society is so screwed up it can’t reliably support mothers with children, you should abandon your babies to make sure that the next generation is screwed up, too.”

Don't try confusing us with the facts, AZL. ;-)

[Gabz]

I tried (badly at that) to make a similar comment much earlier in this thread.

NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE should be faulting any woman for her choices in regard to how she chooses to raise her children when it comes to staying at home or working.

[durasell]

Way back when men had a job pretty much for life. Now a guy can be fired at the drop of a hat (or quarterly report).