01c. 1981 ADMedical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.Barbara Ehrenreich / quote ↗
02c. 1981 ADTake motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.Barbara Ehrenreich / quote ↗
03c. 1981 ADPersonally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.Barbara Ehrenreich / quote ↗
04c. 1981 ADThat's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.Barbara Ehrenreich / quote ↗