[quote=markmax33][quote=SK in CV][quote=markmax33]SK in CV,
The grandparents and parents anology is far from anecedotal. It has happened to EVERY SINGLE family in the country. You seem to really not understand the term annecdotal?[/quote]

Anecdotal Evidence:

Definition:

non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts.

Every single family? Really? Not a single one escaped?

(And I’m quite sure that wasn’t an analogy. A nice example, yes. But not an analogy.

analogy
noun, plural -gies.
1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. )[/quote]

Here is why it’s not anecdotal:

A family with a single income teacher could raise 2 children in the 1950s and them to college.

A family with a single income engineer could raise 2 children in the 1950s and them to college.

A family with a single income fire fighter could raise 2 children in the 1950s and them to college.

A family with a single income architect could raise 2 children in the 1950s and them to college.

A family with a single income police man could raise 2 children in the 1950s and them to college.

Now you couldn’t imagine doing that with any of those professions, THUS it is not anecdotal it is a rule. If it were one profession or a couple I would agree. It is every profession now. Only the top 3% of income earners can get away with this now when it used to be the top 50%.[/quote]

Simply not true! In most parts of the country they can do that easily and some here can also. I had a firefighter client who lived in a beautiful new 5,000 sq ft custom home in Murrieta on a couple acres. His wife didnt work and they had no kids but if he did he could afford their college. He took home $150K per year. I saw his tax returns.

I also know of a policeman in Temecula who is a single dad, recently bought himself a nice home and will be sending his two kids to college.