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> kids have basically gone from asset to liability over the last century This has happened in virtually every country that has moved from the farms to the citi
by MR4D 3y ago
> kids have basically gone from asset to liability over the last century
This has happened in virtually every country that has moved from the farms to the cities.
In farms, kids are added labor - in the city, not so much.
- thmsths 3y agoTotally agree, I am not trying to single out specific countries. Now we just need to figure out how to deal with the consequences of that, because so far we have only been relying on bandaids: exhort people to have more kids, offer subsidies (that don't even come close to offsetting the extra costs of course), making it up with immigration.
- kwere 3y agoIn Victorian England children were still an asset to rent to industries and mining operations
- Erratic6576 3y agoEntrepreneurs like Restaurant owners can amortise their children. Other than that, your kids will make other people rich