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On 2018-11-23 1:57 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> 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.
>

Hmmm! Must be nice to be wealthy enough not to have to worry about
health insurance or from where the next meal or shelter is coming from.