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astine on Dec 21, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Going to America: A Ponzi scheme that works

This is directly related to the population and labor supply issue.

No it's not. The American 'working class' never really got a whole month off in the summer. You are idealizing a non-existent past.

kingkongreveng_ on Dec 21, 2009 [–]

They worked much less, for sure.

http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/tabfig/2008/03/SWA08_Ch...

And this ignores that one income supported a stay at home wife.

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