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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is almost comical how the pendulum with respect to working women has swung in my lifetime.  We used to be so (unjustifiably) critical of women who worked outside of the home, and now we are so (again, unjustifiably) critical of women who work inside the home.

I am a working woman with children, but my mother and one of my sisters was/is not.  I suppose that I run in a less affluent circle than many of the posters here because the stay-at-home mothers I know do not stay at the gym and shop all day -- but rather do some or all of the work that you and I hire a nanny, cleaning service, bus service, afterschool service, tutors, cleaners, and lawn service to do.  And all of those people will be able to collect some social security benefits for doing their work.

I also know that in some cases the DH or DW's decision to stay at home, enables the working spouse to earn much more than they otherwise would have because they can work many more hours, and therefore that working spouse is able to contribute much more in taxes, including ss.[/quote]

Well the parent who is working out of the home should pay into the SS system for the parent staying at home doing all the jobs you describe. The legally emptied tutors, nannies, cleaning service, day care workers, etc are paying a portion of the paychecks into the SS system for the work they perform. the SAHP is simply taking, and not giving anything beyond her insular home.  [/quote]

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