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How many hours do you work each month … just to pay your mortgage or rent?

January 4, 2012

On average, the number is now over 100 – almost 3 weeks !

That’s up from 72 hours – about 2 weeks – back at the turn of the century.

Ouch.

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“The Toil Index …  portrays the most dramatic element of the middle-class squeeze — the effort required to rent a house served by a school of average quality. ” Robert Frank, New York University

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Source: Washington Post Chart 12

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