Good Housekeeping 1927
There was a moronic campaign in the 1980’s by which feminists demanded free money in return for cleaning their free government hosusing and then living in it themselves. The irony of this demand is that life itself pays for housework and there is no need to take from other people.
Home cooking is always cheaper than eating out as well as being better for us. With more time it would be possible to buy food even more cheaply in discount stores- and it would also be possible to reduce waste.
Housework seems to offer a diminishing return as more hours are invested in it. Ten hours a week provide food and a habitable living space. This will produce a return of about six pounds a day because cafes will be used a great deal less. This translates as a four pounds twenty an hour. This is quite a reasonable return but less than one might demand of an external employer. Nevertheless the benefits of housework tend to accumulate over time. A habitable space tends to raise the spirits and is rewarding in itself.
Housework is the ultimate in self employment. It is done for ourselves and those we love. No government or company profits from it which is why both government at business promote wage slavery as a lifestyle. Feminists have been duped into giving up the one area of life that they truly control (the home)- in return for wage slavery.
From this point on I will be selfish- I will ignore those great Cuckoos in the nest- government and business. I will live as a human being within my own home. Furthermore, I will do this on a low wage.
By aproaching the issue as an economist I will achieve a form of freedom.
