Walter Burns shares Jun 27, 2008 06:09PM Ugh. Just paid daycare. $250/wk. My next in-depth look should be on how the daycare industry is killing the working class.
PurpleCar Jun 27, 2008 06:11PM hey. I am out here in the front lines of the burbs and many of us are only just above poverty level.
PurpleCar Jun 27, 2008 06:11PM sometimes we are kept there because daycare costs so much, that we can't earn enough to make it worthwhile for both parents to work.
Walter Burns says Jun 27, 2008 06:23PM You got that absolutely right. Make too much to catch a subsidy, and not hardly enough to not feel it. The proletariat loses out again...
JeffersonEng says Jun 27, 2008 06:26PM A great book to read is "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich...some cases of the working poor just eking a living just to get by. :-S
PurpleCar Jun 27, 2008 06:27PM so we got a lot of women working as waitresses or nannies (under the table) or working the night shift after their husbands come home.
Walter Burns says Jun 27, 2008 06:33PM Funny thing is, my wife was just talking about a second gig at Rite-Aid or something, just to make things easier. I'm picking up that book..
Walter Burns says Jun 27, 2008 06:34PM I know it's life, but there's something to be said about this economy and pricing structure of necessary services.
PurpleCar Jun 27, 2008 06:36PM I agree. something is totally wrong, and no one seems to be willing to talk about it.
