Affects Quote by Philipp Meyer

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

— Christopher Lasch

When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses.

— David Rolf

The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.

— Christopher Lasch

People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough.

— Ann Richards

Whether it's the family working hard to make ends meet or the business that has to put off hiring new employees, high electricity costs…

— Chris Sununu

Moderately priced homes might draw working families in a metro area. And having rising incomes at the top might price lower-income families out.

— Annie Lowrey

As we see dislocation and disruption in certain parts of the country, from rural areas to my home in the industrial Midwest, and in…

— Pete Buttigieg

Anyone who has lived in an area with high unemployment knows how it erodes social bonds, lowers the resilience of the unemployed and their…

— Sharan Burrow

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.

— Flip Wilson

In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

— Russell Hornsby

Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the…

— Matthew Desmond

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and…

— Jerry Costello