Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 14, 2014
April 13, 2014
April 15, 2014
Transcript:
Joanie: At last! My first day on the job. I must say, this isn't a whole lot different than just being a hassled mother. It's the same struggle to get through the day. Taking care of crying infants, feeding them lunch, supervising their play, picking up after their messes, stopping their fights, making them take naps... But I'm getting paid for it! Child: How much?
What makes you think that housing prices have outstripped inflation? They haven’t; the median home price today compared with 1972 has been dead steady with inflation. Blaming rising house prices on working mothers? Not a scrap of evidence to support it.