In all seriousness, the time period you're referring to (1960s and 70s) was dominated by the baby boom generation who had (at least for white people) practically free education and incredibly low cost housing. Additionally, those families tended to live in much smaller homes. Heck, the Brady Bunch packed 6 kids into two bedrooms!). I could see how families could've survived on a single income without those expenses that Millenials (and Gen Xers) have had to endure.
Today, the idea of a job in the trades can be quite satisfactory for many. I believe the middle class will emerge again, especially with the surge in onshore manufacturing here in the US.
That's a lot of disparate thoughts (apologies, I need an editor at 7:45am).
Mr. Brady was an architect with a dead wife (insurance policy) and Mrs. Brady had a dead husband (insurance policy). I'm going to go out on a limb and assume they were very comfortable. 🤣
It would be interesting (if the data is out there) to know whether or not the Welfare state (which was finally expanded to include women of color in 1960's under AFDC) increased the number of working (single earner) women with children. It would also be interesting to know if the composition of those families changed during that time or not (did improved access to welfare create larger families or not)? We have always been "fed" the line that "single mothers have more babies to increase welfare payments". Truth or fiction? I thought of this while reading your latest Thoughts because there may be quite a large number of single mothers with 3 to 5 children.
In all seriousness, the time period you're referring to (1960s and 70s) was dominated by the baby boom generation who had (at least for white people) practically free education and incredibly low cost housing. Additionally, those families tended to live in much smaller homes. Heck, the Brady Bunch packed 6 kids into two bedrooms!). I could see how families could've survived on a single income without those expenses that Millenials (and Gen Xers) have had to endure.
Today, the idea of a job in the trades can be quite satisfactory for many. I believe the middle class will emerge again, especially with the surge in onshore manufacturing here in the US.
That's a lot of disparate thoughts (apologies, I need an editor at 7:45am).
Mr. Brady was an architect with a dead wife (insurance policy) and Mrs. Brady had a dead husband (insurance policy). I'm going to go out on a limb and assume they were very comfortable. 🤣
It would be interesting (if the data is out there) to know whether or not the Welfare state (which was finally expanded to include women of color in 1960's under AFDC) increased the number of working (single earner) women with children. It would also be interesting to know if the composition of those families changed during that time or not (did improved access to welfare create larger families or not)? We have always been "fed" the line that "single mothers have more babies to increase welfare payments". Truth or fiction? I thought of this while reading your latest Thoughts because there may be quite a large number of single mothers with 3 to 5 children.
Only in states with anti-abortion laws.