Chapter 789: What a Real American Middle-Class Family Looks Like
"Are you still wetting the bed? You little idiot!"
"I don't wet the bed!
"I don't believe it, I smell a commotion!"
"It's not me!"
"Alright, you two little scoundrels shut up!"
There are two children in the family, and John has an older sister named Maggie, and they go to the same school, which makes it easier for the mother to send the children to school.
And what about Dad?
Dad is working, the division of labor in this family is very interesting, that is, Dad goes to work two jobs, this situation has been explained in a simple way at breakfast, naturally it will not be said directly, it is reflected through the side words, and the mother is a full-time mother, she is responsible for all housework, as well as taking care of the two children.
This is a twenty years ago, a particularly typical American middle-class family, really, a very special type, basically the American middle class is like that.
"Hahaha......" The audience let out some laughter, because the children's quarrels were very interesting, very innocent, and very real.
The two children went to school, and they both went in the car, and at this time, the radio in the car was working.
"Today, President Ma O'Bar is attacking the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), telling all of America's allies that such a bank is unreliable and inadequate......"
Hey, this news is good, as soon as this news comes out, it will make many people understand that this time should be March 2015!
Yes. It was at that time that the United States said this to its allies. You must not join the AIIB, do. Lao Tzu turned his face with you.
Of course, we all now know that twenty years ago, in March, the Yankees were slapped several times by their allies, and some even summed up such a sentence.
The world has been bitter for a long time!
But this thing, coming out of the radio, is very useful, on the one hand, it saves the time background of the subtitle introduction, and on the other hand. It's a bit like "Forrest Gump", a little thing like guò to show a piece of history.
yes, twenty years.
The children go to school, the mother picks up and does housework, and the husband goes to work, although it is two jobs, but the family seems to be good.
That's how it went, of course. There's still news on TV.
"Britain joined the AIIB, which caused a domino effect, France, Germany. Italy, too, has joined one after another, and what is even more embarrassing is Luxembourg. This small country has also joined!"
"Ohama's economic policies are a mess, and this guy shouldn't be holding on to this when he can't dissuade his allies. We, the United States, should also give the AIIB a certain amount of goodwill. ”
"You mean, join?"
"It's okay!"
It's a political talk show on TV. Several guests also hosted a big talk together, and in this context.
"I've had enough! I've had enough!"
"Are you mistaken? Are you fed up or am I fed up? I'm going to work two jobs a day, and all you have to do is deal with two kids!
"DAMM-YOU, DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF TWO KIDS, DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO COOK, DO LAUNDRY, AND BUY GROCERIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY EVERY DAY? BESIDES, I DAMN REPEAT THESE JOBS EVERY DAY, THE SAME, NOTHING CHANGES, I CAN'T STAND IT!"
"You can't stand it? I can't stand it! Who are you? If you have the ability, you can make $10,000 a month right now, so good, you don't have to take care of the kids! I can take care of it for you!"
"FUC0K-YOU!Can you make $10,000 a month?!"
"I can't! But if you take care of the children now, you will save our family 10,000 dollars, don't you know how to count? We can pay a lot less taxes because we are married, if you don't take care of the children, we will hire a nanny, the price of the nanny is now 3,000 US dollars, which is what we both saw at the beginning, plus other laundry and cooking, if these things are also hired, how much do you say we will spend a month? Definitely not less than 10,000 US dollars!"
"......" the mother stopped talking, she just kept scolding, "DAMM!DAMM......"
"Honey, you may be a little anxious and you should see a doctor. ”
"Holy shit! I'm not going to see a goddamn doctor!"
A vivid picture of a middle-class American family quarrel is displayed in front of all audiences, very, very vivid, very, very real, and this is twenty years ago, many people do not know, even the Chinese at that time do not know, so this matter, is really very 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's very common, we can often be on the street in the United States, a full-time housewife with several children, this is the American middle class, really. And the reason why there are full-time housewives is because it's about $10,000.
If the mother is no longer with the children and she goes out to work, then the expenditure to the family is not less than $10,000.
Many states in the United States encourage marriage, and if you get married, you can have offspring, so there is such a situation, and the tax burden of bachelors is much higher than that of those who start a family.
This sounds like a strange thing, I am still discriminated against if I don't get married, but this is the case in the United States. So, if the father of this family has gone out to work, and the mother has gone out to work again, doesn't that mean that the tax burden has come back? Because both of them have to pay taxes?
Yes, that's what they calculated, and the key is that labor in the United States is very expensive, and the salary of the job of taking care of children is very high, $3,000 a month, which is not to mention.
Let's 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 out. Those simple tools for home decoration, small hardware. Anyway, this kind of stuff is very cheap.
Really, it's cheaper than our country of origin, China, why is that?
It's very simple, because the sales are good, these things are selling very well, and Americans are doing their own repairs or renovating their own houses.
Is that because Americans are industrious and ingenious?
Pull it up!
In fact, there is one reason, that is, it costs too much money to hire others. In this way, a plumber will repair a heating pot or stove for you, because this is not easy to get, and you generally can't figure it out, so you don't need money to replace the parts, but you give it the manual fee, which is almost thousands of dollars at a time!
Is it so exaggerated?
It's just that exaggerated!
So, in fact, the Americans did their own repairs to their own houses, and that was purely forced. Labor is too expensive, so expensive that I don't dare to hire someone!
Yes, this plot, on the surface. That is, a husband and wife quarreled over economic problems, but in fact, it reflected many social problems in the United States at that time.
Wu Xiang can be said to be. It's dark......
Bang!
Soon, the quarrel was small at first. But it slowly escalated, and the unfortunate family was actually the same. That's what a great writer said.
Divorce!
This divorce has already been put on the agenda, and this matter is about to start a bit of grinding.
"Why have you been depressed lately?"
"I want you to take care of it!"
"Your tone is really bad, is it your mom and dad fighting at home?"
"How do you know?"
"It's the same at home. ”
"Huh?"
"Hey, hey, hey, they beat theirs, we play ours. ”
"Oh......"
"My name is Katie!"
"My name is John!"
Our male protagonist, John Curtis, is also good-looking, a handsome little guy, so there are little goblins pounced on him, no, there is a little girl with big pigtails to chat with him.
Sincerely, children at this age are still very good, very cute, and very cute.
Divorce then you have to go to court, this machine involves a lot of issues, so, in fact, it is more complicated and long, and when it really comes to that day, this ......
"I am here to announce that my deputy, together with me, has won the 2016 U.S. presidential election......"
"Oooo
Streamers, champagne, and even a salute, and a frantic crowd, a blonde middle-aged white man announces his victory on TV, which also tells all viewers that our little male protagonist has passed the year of his life, and it's 2016.
Who will be the winner of the 2016 U.S. election?
This election is very interesting, basically, the Democratic side is more united, they are united.
If you know anything about the U.S. election, you will know that such a situation is relatively rare, because the Democratic Party is notoriously disunited, 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, there can be no more disadvantage, both the Senate and the House of Representatives have been taken by the Republicans, and most of the governors have been lost, and if their Democrats are not united, there is only a dead end.
But despite this, the Democratic Party did not escape defeat, and the outcome of this election was quite unexpected.
Originally, the most vocal was actually Bush III, the younger brother of Bush Jr., who was very popular when he was governor, but he didn't expect that he would give one person for nothing in the party election, that is, Rand Paul!
Rand Paul is a very interesting person, he is really a dark horse in politics, very black, very black. And in the end, he won the 2016 presidential election, and he became the president of the United States!
Shouldn't this person win the final presidential election? Is it another manifestation of a dark horse?
In fact, if the analysis is comprehensive enough, then we can even predict that this guy will definitely be elected president ......of the United States!
PS: Thank you Wan Panda, Brother Su Qingyang, Wangyun Mountain people, thank you very much!