Don't forget that those services used by that two earner family are providing more employment for others. They'd be without a job if mom stayed home and did all that herself.
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Don't forget that all this additional "economic activity", like day care so > a wife (or husband, for that matter) can work generates more income for the > Government to tax. When mom cooks: no taxes. But when the family goes out > to Cracker Barrel, government at several levels gets a piece of the action > (e.g. taxes, inspectors, regulators, etc). > > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com