In response to a forecast that someday every American would be earning $100,000 per year:
So what? Someone will still have to take out the garbage.
Attributed to Boulding in: Donella Meadows (1989) "Thoughts While Cleaning The Living Room: Domestic work is undervalued - but it doesn't need to be" in Caring For Families Vol 21. (Spring 1989). p. 16
