alt Hacker NewsWe had universal childcare until we converted single-income families into dual-income families in order to make the boomers who they bought houses from rich.
We had universal childcare until we converted single-income families into dual-income families in order to make the boomers who they bought houses from rich.
Women want their own income stream because of the innumerable ways men get into trouble. If her man gets into trouble, she wants a plan B, for her and her children. I don't think anyone was thinking about how that would prop up the housing market 30 years later.