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Must be an English major that went to law school.  It doesn't take a quantitative genius to figure out that [b]our grandparents were perfectly capable of supporting an entire family on one professional income (engineer, etc.).[/b]  Try that now..  Mid 90s isn't far back enough, but thanks for trying.[/quote]

One professional salary CAN support a family, if you are willing to live as your grandparents lived.  One car, eat all meals at home, one vacation a year that is probably a camping trip, small wardrobes, one TV -- no cell phone contracts, cable packages, etc.  No private lessons/sports/extracurriculars before early elementary school and then limited to local little league and piano lessons with the lady down the street.  Kids probably don't go to preschool but if they do it's a low cost church or community program.

Yes, housing is expensive and student loans are a problem for a lot of people but a lot of it is that expectations of a "normal" middle-class life have changed.  [/quote]

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