[Toddsterpatriot]

But I would also say that our standard of living is slipping some.

How so?

[mamelukesabre]

It’s no longer possible for a lower to middle, middle class family of, say 6 or 8, to support itself on only the dad’s income. In the seventies, this was not only possible, but very common.

We slipped some in the jimmy carter days and we’ve never got back to where we were. Part of it is taxes, part of it is irresponsible consumers, part of it is soaring health care, part of it is soaring education costs, part of it is college degree escalation. What I mean by college degree escalation is that too many jobs require too much schooling. I’d say 75 % of the jobs requiring a college degree could be done by someone without a college degree.

Too many people are wasting 4 years(or more) of their lives getting a worthless degree for the privilege of being interviewed for an average or below average job.