From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 23 14:18:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA15009 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:18:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp6564.on.sympatico.ca (ppp1537.on.sympatico.ca [206.172.249.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA15000; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (tim@localhost) by ppp6564.on.sympatico.ca (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA17814; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:17:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:17:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek Reply-To: ac199@hwcn.org To: Nate Williams cc: ac199@hwcn.org, "Jonathan M. Bresler" , freebsd-chat@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTC regulating use of registrations In-Reply-To: <199707232052.OAA15194@rocky.mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > > > I disagree. I live in Montana, where we have one of the lowest > > > income/family in the nation. And, due to it's 'ruralness' we haven't > > > kept up with the 'standard' with two working parents, so most two-parent > > > families leave one of them at home *in spite* of their low-income. This > > > is mostly due to what's acceptable from being a parent, and what's not > > > in rural America. > > > > There is a certain minimum that is acceptable. I still think that > > for many they would be below that minimum if only one parent was > > working. > > What is that minimum? 8K/year? I know a family of 5 (mom, pop, and 3 > kids all under 12 who live on that now.) Meeting this minimum means more than just "living". You know I can't define this minimum, but somewhere between having nothing and having everything lies an acceptable minimum. I think that rather than trying to put this "minimum" in physical terms, it might be best to use psychological ones. Is it when money starts ordering your life? I suppose what you're trying to argue is that it's possible to put a monetary value on the value of one parent staying home. I guess I can live with that. -- tIM...HOEk OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names hoping that the resultant code will run faster.