Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Stay at home mom

It may be feminist heresy, but perhaps some mothers should stay home instead of going out to work. Having said that, I know that for the most part women don't want to leave their children with strangers and go to the job. I'm sure they feel they have to. But then again after running all the numbers, I wonder if the expense of going to work is really worth it. Maybe a smart women could save more money by not working outside the home but by making her money at home and not have to leave her children with strangers. Child care is so very expensive that perhaps a part time job close to home could really make a difference in the family budget. Or maybe with a little careful planning a woman could make her husband's paycheck go farther. In the last thirty odd years, more and more women have gone into the workforce. This is not because of feminism. The reason is economics. Wages have been stagnant and women have stepped in to pick up the slack. Now the bosses, who have gotten away with not raising the wages of the people who actually do the work, while at the same time paying themselves enormous salaries, are suceeding in getting out of paying taxes as well. Something's gotta give. I say shut them down. Cut back on everything imaginable and see if they can make it when we downsize them. Live in a smaller house. Buy less stuff and let's see how that works out for the rich.

3 comments:

  1. True, but that kind of suggests that a woman's place is in the home. Sometimes a woman might make more than a man.

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  2. I am a stay at home mom. My husband also is a stay at home dad. only one of us could work with having to pay for daycare for 3 kids. But now, we do in-home daycare and make twice as much as we would both working (and not paying for daycare). we get to pick our own schedule, and be with our kids everyday! It's a wonderful life!

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  3. Great Creative solution. Congratulations. This just goes to show there is a way out of the ratrace

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