It’s The Economy, Cupid
Posted on October 31st, 2008
by Freddy Gray |
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During the Great Depression, we are often told, couples and families survived by pulling together. Marriage and family, those eternal institutions, held strong as everything collapsed around them. But how will today’s familial bonds cope with the strain of an economic disaster? In an age of quick-and-easy divorce, it seems likely that many marriages and families will tear apart.
Never fear. The “Today” show, that guardian of moral integrity, is giving advice on how to “recession-proof your marriage.” With golden tips like, “Get big on powwows,” it looks as though we’ll be ok.
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On the other hand, as I know first hand in New York, the high cost of living incentivizes us young people into committed and stable relationships. This can obviously be a double-edged sword as traditional marriage and family goes, but is still worth noting.
If I told my husband that I had come up with a bailout plan and that I wished to schedule a conference first thing to go through figures, I think he would most certainly ask for a divorce, or turn the TV up louder.
There is probably some overlap with amconmag and antiwar.com, but if you have not taken the time to listen to this interview with Mark Ames on Russia and the Georgian conflict you really must do so.
They really do a good job exposing the US bias on this issue.