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[deleted] t1_j3mvq2g wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32

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social_media_suxs t1_j3nrg8t wrote

Huge difference though is the 1947 number would have been mostly single income households.

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ShuRugal t1_j3o7wri wrote

I feel like this is a thing which gets overlooked FAR too often with discussion of wages over time.

It used to be that we expected a household to not only survive, but to thrive and flourish on a single income. Now you get looked at like a criminal if you don't have two or three people bringing and income to your house.

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