Via CanWest;
Four decades ago, an estimated 11 per cent of wives made more than their husbands, rising to around 19 per cent throughout most of the 1980s. During the recession of the early 1990s, it jumped to 25 per cent, mainly because men in high-wage and manufacturing jobs saw periods of unemployment. As employment levels improved, women continued to pull in bigger bucks and, by 2003, almost 29 per cent were the primary breadwinners.
Four decades ago, my mother drew her last formal paycheque. In the years that followed, it had no effect on her ability to "pull in the bucks" compared to my father - with the subsequent changes to community property laws, she accumlated wealth at the same rate he did.
Really good point Kate!!! A TEAM that accumulates wealth, is just that, a team.
I wonder how high the number would be if not for preferential sexist hiring.
This shouldn't be a surprise it's policy.
Reducing taxes and waste will help improve the economy so that all will get more money. Take your pick: equal to a male at 50,000 a year or 84 per cent of 100,000 a year.
but the 29% of women being the breadwinners are making on average $42,000/yr, ok if you're not raising a family or supporting a husband.
Accumulating wealth with no formal paycheque??? Sounds like what???FARMER?????????????I think so. They are the only people who talk this way. And where did farmers get their money !!!!!!!!!!??????????????/From mom and dad.Right??? And where did Mom and Dad get their money?? From?? Grandma and Grandpa. And if you go back far enough from the Gov't who sold them homesteads for a song. I wish I was born into a farm family then I could sit around a brag "I don't get a formal paycheque too".You people are so shallow and full of yourselves it hurts my feelings to listen to this BS on here. You stink up the country with your ramblings about creating wealth without any help. That's a crock. I grew up in Rural Sask and farmer brats had a lot of monetary help the rest of us will never see with our "Formal Paycheque". Thanks for the load of baloney Kate.
What stats Canada leaves out is the growth in GNP is only 8% for agriculture in Sask. My wages and taxes contribute more,mining is way up there,manufacturiing is high,lumber is more,oil and gas are more. Everything beats agriculture and it's been that way for years.
To create wealth for yourself you need a job or something called assets. Or collateral. Either way you can't do it with nothing but a prayer.
ok4ua: The "monetary help" for farmers that you speak of is actually subsidies to agriculture as a whole, which includes input suppliers, processors, and retailers. Without this support, farmers would produce less food, which would drive up the cost to you, the consumer. Canadian enjoy very cheap food, at about 9% of disposable income. Compare that to Mexico (25%), China (53%), and some African countries (80%). You might want to hold off on calling others "shallow" until you get all your facts straight.
Canadian farmers are among the wealthiest in the world. Have you been to a grocery store lately? It's expensive to eat healthy but that's not my point. My point is you cannot create wealth from nothing. Farmers make themselves wealthy because they have assets which most of us can only dream about. I know a lot of farm brats that without mom and dad's help they would be like the rest of us working stiffs. I don't believe that you can accumulate the assets farmers have without it being given to you. I never will. And 90% of people never will.Remember some farms have been handed down from one generation to the other for up to 100 years some less.They were bought for a song. I cannot leave my assets(A house) in my family for 100 years and expect my kids to create wealth from it. That's a crock. And as far as investing goes........how many working stiffs do you know that have extra money to invest? Not many. Only people like farmers,who have money or wanna be's who bullshit but have no money talk this way.
How many ex Tory MLA's from Sask made money off of the provinces assets? How many got jobs as consultants with firms that they helped rip off province? Allemeda?Potash?Devine and crooked deals with his farm? Drought money to farmers who didn't need it. I heard he got it for way less than cost. That's how crooked Tories create wealth for theselves.
You have a lot of issues. It's hard to know where to start. I never said Canadian farmers weren't well-off relative to other nations. What I said was that you don't pay as much for your food as other nations, regardless of how expensive it seems at your grocery store. And the price of food has very little to do with what farmers make. I believe I read somewhere that the farmer gets about 2 cents from each loaf of bread. Wow. That should make them rich. And yes, most land was purchased for very little, but that was to populate the country and start an economy, not to mention feed the population. I don't know where you get your "facts", but I would suggest that many farmers have accumulated assets through debt, as the increasing number of farm auctions and foreclosures indicate. And have you ever heard of real estate appreciation? I'm sure if you had the right house in the right neighborhood for 100 years your descendants would realize a profit on its sale, and perhaps even use it as collateral to create wealth. I know some wealthy farmers. I also know a lot more who owe their appearance of wealth to their banker. I also know "working stiffs" who have saved and invested their money and done quite well. But all this "knowing" proves nothing. As far as your whole rant on the Tory thing, well, I'll leave that alone, as it has nothing to do with this topic.
A lot more are wealthy than not. I'm a great bullshitter myself but go on with your story I'm listening..........
The Tories left us with this mess with agriculture here in Sask. They are the ones who gave blank cheques to our farmers. They are the ones who turned rural Sask against the rest of us.They are the ones who encourage farmers to get on TV and beg for a handout. Don't blame me or my party for that.