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On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 8:05:57 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 2018-11-23 6:58 a.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> > On 11/23/2018 5:50 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >> On 11/22/2018 11:44 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> >>> But Cindy, those low wages you speak of were plenty enough to support
> >>> a family of four with a
> >>> stay-at-home mom.Â* That is rarely possible any more unless the
> >>> primary wage earner is in a
> >>> profession such as being a lawyer or a doctor or a dentist, etc.Â* it
> >>> isn't possible for the typical
> >>> office worker.
> >>
> >> Not sure which came first, the chicken or the egg.Â* I believe that
> >> once two wage earning couples became the norm that housing costs
> >> started to rise.Â* If no one could afford the higher prices the
> >> prices would be forced to stay low.
> >>
> >> nancy
> >>

> >
> >
> > I think tax increasesÂ* of all sorts was one of the major factors
> > mandating a two income household.

>
> So what cuts would you like to see to enable a cut in taxes?


There's cuts that one would like to see and then there's cuts that are easy and therefore likely i.e., in Social Security benefits, and Medicare benefits.