Walter Burns

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Ugh. Just paid daycare. $250/wk. My next in-depth look should be on how the daycare industry is killing the working class.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:11PM

  PurpleCar

  hey. I am out here in the front lines of the burbs and many of us are only just above poverty level.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:11PM

  PurpleCar

  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.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:23PM

  Walter Burns

  says

  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...

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:26PM

  JeffersonEng

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  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

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:26PM

  PurpleCar

  exactly

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:27PM

  PurpleCar

  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.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:33PM

  Walter Burns

  says

  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..

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:34PM

  Walter Burns

  says

  I know it's life, but there's something to be said about this economy and pricing structure of necessary services.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:36PM

  PurpleCar

  I agree. something is totally wrong, and no one seems to be willing to talk about it.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 06:36PM

  PurpleCar

  Jefferson, I'm gonna look up that book too. Thanks.

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  Jun 27, 2008 - 10:43PM

  iconjohn

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  I feel guilty on this one