An article claims that, mainly by taking taxes into account, a sole male earner in America supporting a family had actually gotten easier since 1985

[The Notorious SLAV]

Thoughts, UScels?

Is this true? In our new AEI paper, Scott Winship and I strongly disagree. First, we challenge the 62-week figure. With a few reasonable corrections to Cass’ COTI, we show that it is indeed possible for a median male earner to support a family. It takes 42 weeks, not 62 as reported in COTI.

What’s the bottom line? We find that it is actually easier for a single-earner male family to support a family than 1985, falling from about 46.4 to 44.8 weeks of work. It’s both possible and easier. You might object that this is only a small improvement. OK. But our analysis completely turns COTI on its head. And keep in mind that this is only for the five categories Cass has chosen. He has excluded most consumer goods, all of which have gotten much cheaper. Families were buying TVs in 1985, and they are buying TVs today. They are much cheaper, even without adjusting for quality improvements. With the adjustments, they are extremely cheaper. Repeat this for dozens of consumer goods excluded from COTI.

The American Family Is Thriving, Even if They Only Have One Male Earner (But Most Don’t)

62 weeks. That’s how long the median male worker would need to work in a year to support a family in 2022, according to the calculations of Oren Cass for the American Compass Cost-of-Thriving Index…

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This tends to be a common talking point on the right, that one-earner families are "impossible" now, and so women "are forced" to work. Mostly Americans debate this, but I'm pretty sure it's been brought to European political discourse as well, though it's more niche here. If what the article claims is true, then, at least for the US, that kind of view falls apart.

 

[hatepilledandrich]

i cant trust this shit.

 

[solblue]

I can 100% believe it. People blame economics on their inability to start a family when it’s purely cultural — foids don’t want to settle down with non-Chads. I make more than my mom and dad’s combined income (adjusted for inflation) when my dad was my age, and they already had my brother. However, I’m a KHHV.

 

[Pikacel]

Thoughts, UScels?

The American Family Is Thriving, Even if They Only Have One Male Earner (But Most Don’t)

62 weeks. That’s how long the median male worker would need to work in a year to support a family in 2022, according to the calculations of Oren Cass for the American Compass Cost-of-Thriving Index…

economistwritingeveryday.com

This tends to be a common talking point on the right, that one-earner families are "impossible" now, and so women "are forced" to work. Mostly Americans debate this, but I'm pretty sure it's been brought to European political discourse as well, though it's more niche here. If what the article claims is true, then, at least for the US, that kind of view falls apart.

Well the average foid wants to skip to a middle class life. Back then it was known that child rearing sucked

 

[Zer0/∞]

As a wageslave, yeah right. I don’t think boomers had to care about credit card debt, car loans, and a landlord.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

I can 100% believe it. People blame economics on their inability to start a family when it’s purely cultural — foids don’t want to settle down with non-Chads. I make more than my mom and dad’s combined income (adjusted for inflation) when my dad was my age, and they already had my brother. However, I’m a KHHV.

 

[Corvus]

Complete bullshit. Boomers are delusional.

Everyone in america is poor as shit. Most people can't even afford food at this point.

The government gives money for food to nonwhites but people like me are literally starving to death.

I haven't eaten meat in nearly a year, even protein powder is so absurdly expensive it can't be bought by non whites (coloreds get it with EBT).

I live in a mold infested ghetto apartment where the toilet doesn't even flush without me sticking my hand in it.

 

[The Wolf]

Complete bullshit. Boomers are delusional.

Everyone in america is poor as shit. Most people can't even afford food at this point.

The government gives money for food to nonwhites but people like me are literally starving to death.

I haven't eaten meat in nearly a year, even protein powder is so absurdly expensive it can't be bought by non whites (coloreds get it with EBT).

I live in a mold infested ghetto apartment where the toilet doesn't even flush without me sticking my hand in it.

Thoughts?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA306aNtvmk



View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OsNNBh5rXOs

 

[undesiredsamsung]

Thoughts?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA306aNtvmk



View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OsNNBh5rXOs

View: https://youtu.be/Ryvkwx8BFss

 

[Corvus]

Thoughts?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA306aNtvmk



View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OsNNBh5rXOs

Lmao, clearly you know nothing about how the US government works. He is almost completely powerless.

 

[The Wolf]

Lmao, clearly you know nothing about how the US government works. He is almost completely powerless.

I do know, I read a lot about US politics out of my own interest. Checks&balances etc. The senate can be but is not necessarily more powerful than potus, they can hinder him from making decisions especially if the other party has more seats. But you're American, you know all that.

I didn't mean to imply he has any power, just pointing out what he said. He also initiated "operation warp speed" in May 2020

 

[The Wolf]

Lmao, clearly you know nothing about how the US government works. He is almost completely powerless.

I know he has no control over prices too

 

[PersonalityChad]

Sounds like BS to me tbh. The cost of living today is much higher compared to the 1980s

 

[ogercel]

i cant trust this shit.