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Coughing Up Cool Half-mil Would Cover Mom's Worth.

"Mom - she's priceless.

Which is another way of saying she doesn't get what she's worth.

According to one estimate, that's half a mil a year.

Edelman Financial Services Inc. added up all the jobs a mother does--cook, nurse, bus driver, financial planner, psychologist, etc.--and figured out what each of those jobs pay.

The total: $508,700.

'You don't have enough money to hire a mom as good as yours,'' said company Chairman Ric Edelman.

So instead, we devote this day to her--Mother's Day, the 95th in our nation's history.

Some deal. . . ." [Chicago Sun-Times]

Lots of interesting statistics in this piece.

[The Shifted Librarian]
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