Having a kid is hard and usually looks unrewarding from the outside in the US. I get that having a kid isn't for everyone but for a lot of working class people

Having a kid is hard and usually looks unrewarding from the outside in the US. I get that having a kid isn't for everyone but for a lot of working class people the optics look like a choice between having a belligerent room mate that takes all your money vs. being able to poonhound around on Tinder and blow my money on fun. Some people might choose the former if the outcomes weren't so starkly contrasting. The government needs to be doing more to support families or else we're going to end up in a situation like Germany where we have to import people from abroad just to prevent shrinkage.