Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
This problem is a direct result of people voting for politicians that you, reno, support.
They may agree with this article but haven't done or tried to do anything that will even remotely help this situation.
You must've missed this paragraph which sums up the opposite actually.
So where did their money go? It went to the basics. The real increases in family spending are for the items that make a family middle class and keep them safe (housing, health insurance), that educate their children (pre-school and college), and that let them earn a living (transportation, childcare, and taxes).
Housing: this really has nothing to do with government regulation. Housing is simply about location.
Health Insurance: Neither party has done anything to help with the rising costs of healthcare over the past two decades. Conversely, your political party has done more to detriment the cost of health care than it has to lessen the burden on american families.
Pre-School/Childcare: The fact of the matter is that more children are being enrolled in pre-school than in 1970, thus the cost increases. This is a direct result of the primary caregiver of 1970 joining the workforce and has no political correlation. The same reason applies to childcare. Increases in demand are directly proportional to increases in prices.
College: More people attend college than in 1970. When demand goes up, so does cost. Government regulation doesn't really have much to do with this either.
Taxes: I'm pretty sure the Democrat platform typically likes to increase taxes because in the words of Bill Clinton "I can spend your money better than you can."
Transportation: More people own cars and more people drive to work than they did 30 years ago, especially with the migration to a majority of two income families. This increase does come from a lot of factors but, the main point is that there are simply more vehicles on the road. More vehicles consume more gasoline and require more maintenance which simply costs more. Cost goes up with demand.