wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:50:30 -0500, Nancy Young >
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/22/2018 11:44 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>> But Cindy, those low wages you speak of were plenty enough to support a family of four with a
>>> stay-at-home mom. That is rarely possible any more unless the primary wage earner is in a
>>> profession such as being a lawyer or a doctor or a dentist, etc. it isn't possible for the typical
>>> office worker.
>>
>> Not sure which came first, the chicken or the egg. I believe that
>> once two wage earning couples became the norm that housing costs
>> started to rise. If no one could afford the higher prices the
>> prices would be forced to stay low.
>>
>> nancy
>
> My electrician friend tells me he bases his prices on the customer's
> house/furnishings.... that's what doctors used to do, fees were based
> on ability to pay, country doctors still do that. Where I live a lot
> of folks don't have regular jobs,they pay the local doctor $10/month
> as insurance.
>

Popeye, I bet yoose remember funeral parlors putting copper pennies on
dead folk's eyes to keep them closed.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:50:30 -0500, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 11/22/2018 11:44 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>> But Cindy, those low wages you speak of were plenty enough to support a family of four with a
>> stay-at-home mom. That is rarely possible any more unless the primary wage earner is in a
>> profession such as being a lawyer or a doctor or a dentist, etc. it isn't possible for the typical
>> office worker.
>
>Not sure which came first, the chicken or the egg. I believe that
>once two wage earning couples became the norm that housing costs
>started to rise. If no one could afford the higher prices the
>prices would be forced to stay low.
>
>nancy

https://www.amazon.com/Language-Thou...I.+Hayakawaery
true, my electrician friend has always said he bases his prices on the
customere's furnishings.