> $280k per child cost savings of not having them can be directed to investments and what exactly those investments will be when you grow old if everyone decid

> $280k per child cost savings of not having them can be directed to investments and what exactly those investments will be when you grow old if everyone decides for themselves and has no kids? stocks need underlying companies which needs workers. Same for corporate bonds. Government bonds need taxpayers, i.e. a working generation, which again means someone's kids. So tell me - where exactly are you going to put these 280K when there are very few kids? > Individuals do not owe society perpetuation of the status quo through reproduction. That goes both ways. If a society with thinkers like you have 1 working adult for 3 old people when you grow old, it may decide to ignore those who didn't do their fair share in building the next generation.