Chapter 789 What is the real American middle-class family?
"Are you still wetting the bed? You little idiot!"
"I don't wet the bed! You nuisance!"
"I don't believe it, I obviously smell something filthy!"
"It's not me!"
"Okay! Shut up you two little rascals!"
There are two children in this family. John also has a sister who is slightly older than him. She is called Maggie. They go to the same school, which makes it easier for the mother who sends her children to school...≦
What about dad?
Dad is working. The division of labor in this family is very interesting. Dad works two jobs. This situation was briefly explained at breakfast. Naturally, it was not said directly, but through side words.
The mother is a stay-at-home mother, and she is responsible for all housework and taking care of her two children.
This is a very typical American middle-class family twenty years ago. Really, very special and typical. This is basically what the American middle class is like.
"Hahaha..." The audience burst into laughter, because the children's quarrels were very interesting, childlike, and real.
The two children went to school, and they both went by car. At this time, the radio in the car was working.
"Today, President Obama criticized the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. He is warning all allies of the United States that such a bank is unreliable and of insufficient quality..."
Hey, this news is good. As soon as this news came out, many people understood that this time should be March 2015!
That's right. It was at that time that the United States said this to its allies. You must not join the AIIB. If you do, I will fall out with you.
Of course, we all know now that in March 20 years ago, the Yankees were slapped several times by their allies. Someone even summed it up in this sentence.
The world has been miserable and beautiful for a long time!
But when this thing comes out of the radio, it is very useful. On the one hand, it saves the need for subtitles to introduce the time background. On the other hand, it is a bit like "Forrest Gump". Through such little things
, to show a piece of history.
Yes, twenty years.
The children go to school, the mother takes them to school and does housework, and the husband goes to work. Although they have two jobs, this family seems to be pretty good.
The day goes on like this, of course. There is still news on TV.
"The United Kingdom joined the AIIB, which caused a domino effect. France, Germany, and Italy also joined one after another. What is even more embarrassing is Luxembourg. This small country also joined!"
"Obama's economic policies are a complete mess. This guy shouldn't persist like this when he can't dissuade his allies. We in the United States also need to show some goodwill to the AIIB."
"You mean, join?"
“It’s not a bad idea!”
It was a political discussion program on TV. Several guests and the host were talking about it, and it was in this context.
"I've had enough! I've had enough!"
"Did you make a fucking mistake? Have you had enough or have I had enough? I have to work two jobs every day and you just have to deal with two kids! What else are you fucking dissatisfied with!
"
"Damm! Do you know how hard it is to take care of two children? Do you know how hard it is to cook, wash, and buy things for the whole family every day? And, I repeat these tasks every damn day, the same,
I can’t stand it without any change!”
"You can't take it anymore? I can't fucking take it anymore! Who do you think you are? If you had the ability, you could make $10,000 a month right now, so great, don't take care of the kids! I can help
You take care of it!”
“fuc0k-baiting! You can make $10,000 a month?!”
"I can't! But if you take care of the children now, you will save our family ten thousand dollars. Don't you know how to do the math? We can pay a lot less taxes because we are married. If you don't take care of the children, we will have to
Hire a nanny. The current price tag for a nanny is US$3,000. This is what we both saw at the beginning. Plus other things like laundry and cooking. If we also hire someone for these things, how much do you think we will spend a month? Absolutely
No less than $10,000!”
"..." The mother stopped talking. She just kept cursing, "damm! damm!..."
"Honey, you may be a little anxious. You should see a doctor."
"Damn it! I'm not going to see any damn doctor!"
A vivid scene of a middle-class American family quarreling was displayed in front of all the audience. It was very, very vivid and very real. Moreover, this happened twenty years ago. Many people did not know it, even at that time.
Chinese people don’t know about it either, so this thing is really new.
Although the plot of this quarrel was written by Wu Xiang, it is definitely based on the real situation of American families, and it is also a very common real situation!
It is very common. We can often see a full-time housewife with several children on the streets of the United States. This is the American middle class, really. And the reason why there are full-time housewives is because there are almost 10,000
Dollar.
If this mother no longer takes care of her children and she goes out to work, the expense to the family will be no less than US$10,000.
Many states in the United States encourage marriage, because if you get married, you can have offspring, so there is a situation where the tax burden on a single person is much higher than that on a person with a family.
This thing sounds weird. If I don't get married, I will be discriminated against. But that's how it is in the United States. So, if the father of this family has gone out to work, and the mother has gone out to work, doesn't that mean that the tax burden is exempted?
Are you back again? Because both of you have to pay taxes.
Yes, this is what they calculated, and the key point is that labor in the United States is very expensive, and the salary for taking care of children is very high, $3,000 a month is not much.
Just take a small example of how expensive labor is in the United States. If we go to Walmart in the United States, we will find simple tools and small hardware for home decoration. Anyway, these kinds of things are very cheap.
Really, it’s cheaper than our country of origin, China. Why is this?
It's very simple, because the sales volume is good, these things are selling well, and Americans all repair or decorate their own houses.
Is this because Americans are hardworking and ingenious?
Pull it!
In fact, there is only one reason, that is, it costs too much to hire someone else. Let's put it this way, a plumber can repair a heating boiler, stove, etc. for you, because it is difficult to do, and you usually can't figure it out, so it costs nothing to replace the parts.
, but you pay for the craftsmanship fee, it’s almost a thousand dollars at a time!
Is it that exaggerated?
It’s so exaggerated!
Therefore, in fact, Americans repair their own houses by themselves, which is purely forced. Labor is too expensive, so expensive that they dare not hire anyone!
Therefore, on the surface, this plot is about a couple quarreling over financial issues, but in fact, it reflects many social problems in the United States at that time.
This guy Wu Xiang can be said to be very dark...
Pili! Bang!
Soon, the quarrel was small at first, but gradually escalated, and all unhappy families were actually the same. This is what a great writer said.
divorce!
Divorce has already been put on the agenda, and a lot of trouble will begin about this matter.
"Why are you so depressed lately?"
"I want you to take care of it!"
"Your tone is really bad. Are your parents fighting at home?"
"How did you know?"
"Same in my family."
"ah?"
"Hey hey hey, they play with theirs and we play with ours."
"oh……"
"My name is Katie!"
"My name is John!"
Our male protagonist John Curtis is also good-looking, he is a handsome boy, so there will be little goblins rushing towards him, and here, there will be a little girl with big braids chatting with him.
Sincerely, children at this age are still very good, very cute, and very lovable.
Divorce requires a lawsuit, which involves many issues, so it is actually quite complicated and lengthy. When the day comes, this...
"I am here to announce that my deputy and I have won the 2016 U.S. presidential election!..."
"Oooh!"
With ribbons, champagne, even salutes, and crazy crowds, a blond middle-aged white man announced on TV that he had won the election. This also told all the viewers that our little actor has passed a year of his life, and now
It's 2016.
Who is the winner of the 2016 US election?
This election is very interesting. Basically, the Democratic Party is relatively united and they are united.
If you know something about American elections, you will know that such a situation is relatively rare, because the Democratic Party is famous for its disunity, but this time it is different.
Why are they so united?
In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, they are now at a relative disadvantage.
Really, we cannot be any more disadvantaged. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have been taken by the Republicans, and most of the governors have been lost. If the Democratic Party does not unite, it will be a dead end.
But despite this, the Democratic Party did not escape the fate of defeat, and the results of this election were quite unexpected.
The person who had the highest voice was actually Bush III, the younger brother of George W. Bush. He was very popular when he was governor, but he didn't expect that he actually gave it to someone in the party's election, and that was Rand Paul.
!
Rand Paul is a very interesting person. He is really a dark horse in politics, very dark, very dark. And in the end, he won the 2016 presidential election and became the president of the United States!
So shouldn’t this person win the final presidential election? Is it another manifestation of the dark horse?
As for this matter, Wu Xiang has also analyzed that Rand Paul is really not a dark horse. In fact, if the analysis is comprehensive enough, then we can even predict that this guy will definitely be elected as the President of the United States! (To be continued, please search Gone with the Wind.
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Chapter completed!