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More women now breadwinners for families

Cuts in predominantly male fields alter financial dynamics

Candace Keshwar of Jamaica Plain was a stay-at-home-mother until her husband’s construction business went under in 2009. She has supported her family ever since.

At one point, her husband got a job stocking shelves at Home Depot, but it did not last because “we couldn’t afford for both of us to be working and pay for child care,” said Keshwar, 44, who makes $40,000 a year at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.

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There are many, many "house-holds" comprised of just women and their children (the baby-daddys long gone). Do the statistics include those house-holds too? If not you might see that women are doing even more than you can imagine. 

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Household is actually one word, one can get a bit hyphen-crazy. 

They should just start hedge funds or inherit millions from older family members who also simply inherited their wealth.  What's the matter with these people?  Cops and special education teachers not making enough?  Bunch of takers who add nothing to society!

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Hey Mitt, where ya been boy!!? Did ya just get back from The Caymans?? What step you at at "Liars Annonomous"? Step 9 is going to be a bi8ch for you, man. You gotta go around and apologize to everyone you lied to, and then tell them the truth. 

Doug Piranha was the most feared man in the London underworld. This was largely due to his merciless use of sarcasm.

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