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We do pay people to have kids in the USA - once you're on welfare. Your WIC and EBT allowances go up per kid. And even if you're not that poor, you get subsidi
by bombcar 9mo ago
We do pay people to have kids in the USA - once you're on welfare. Your WIC and EBT allowances go up per kid.
And even if you're not that poor, you get subsidized kids through things like the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. It's annoying that while some of those support 3+ kids, many "top out" at three and stop increasing.
I've often thought of searching for "sponsorships" for additional children (though we'd probably have them anyway) - not sure I want my son to be named Facebook X AI though ;)
- dbspin 9mo agoYou've missed my point... Those allowances and subsidies don't remotely cover the cost of having children. Especially in the US with the wild costs of hospital childbirth itself.
- bombcar 9mo agoThose who qualify for welfare usually qualify for Medicaid when pregnant - if you’re poor enough, hospital births are free!