Single People are Hurting the Economy! (The Guardian)

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Single People are Hurting the Economy! (The Guardian)

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As if singletons needed any more outside pressure on their romantic lives, here's a little more: unmarried people may be dragging down the whole economy.

Gallup’s Frank Newport and Joy Wilke found that the economy would benefit from more marriages taking place. Their recent survey of more than 130,000 people found that those who are married spend more....

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/o ... ng-economy
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Re: Single People are Hurting the Economy! (The Guardian)

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General Mackevili wrote: that those who are married spend more....
haha yeah thats the wife!! thats why men stay single!! :thumb: lol
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However, it isn’t that being married makes you spend more. Rather, it’s that those who can afford to get married can also afford to spend.
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Hehehe... Spend more and need to earn more.
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