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> In those places not enough is being done supporting those who chose to have children for everyone's sake. Who is going to pay for other people's kids?
by chrsw 1y ago
> In those places not enough is being done supporting those who chose to have children for everyone's sake.
Who is going to pay for other people's kids?
- chmod775 1y agoYes, that's precisely the mindset that's going to bite them down the line - is already biting some.
- chrsw 1y agoFor many people it's not a question of mindset. There's simply no money to do that.
- ip26 1y agoAt a national level, it’s hard to see how (assuming the country grows enough food and has other basic necessities) it is possible for the country to be “unable to afford” children, Baumol be damned.
- chrsw 1y agoJust because we have more billionaires than ever doesn’t mean a lot people aren’t struggling. Back in the day, someone could pay for a mortgage, wife, and kids with one job without a college degree. Where I live, that’s not happening.
- chmod775 1y agoThere's never been a time in the history of mankind when there was greater abundance than now, but we suddenly cannot afford children anymore? Maybe we ought to task scientists with figuring out what precious secret to raising children mankind forgot when we were too preoccupied with discovering fire and electricity. Hopefully they left us some carving in a deer antler that will give us insight into their superior budgeting skills. I'm sorry, but that's absolute nonsense.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoA life contribution is on average $10,000,000 to the US economy. Opportunity cost of a kid for the parents is currently around $500,000. Subsidizing babies with three zeros has no effect.