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Trump is trying to pay his way into a US baby boom. Experts say it won’t work
(www.theguardian.com)
$5000? Does Trump still think it's the 1950s?
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Hey non-Americans, fun fact! If you have a baby here, you can expect $15,000+ in hospital bills.
$5,000 should cover that, right?
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Trump: "Gotta save the government money"
Also Trump: "Just throw money at it, maybe it will fix itself"
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Why do I have a feeling the administration would still try to find ways to not pay nonwhite families having kids?
Trump was propped up by people who believe this bogus "Great Replacement" theory and I don't think they would be willing to back down from that stance on account of a generally declining population.
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Give me one year paid family leave and Medicare for all, then we'll talk.
Maybe a grant for college as well, so I can get a degree so that I might actually be able to participate in society at large.
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Add at least one zero to that, ideally two.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-cost-of-raising-a-child-by-u-s-state/
Multiply by 18 years, closer to the 500'000 figure.
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Other countries have tried this, and it was a spectacular failure
His arrogance means that he's incapable of learning from others though, so good fucking luck
It's not a monetary issue, otherwise the middle class would have more kids than the poor, which isn't the case. It's simply that when given the right and the means to control how many kids they have, people choose to not have enough to renew the population.
Same pattern everywhere as women gain rights over their body and as contraceptives become available. Even in periods where there was a strong middle class, even in countries where socio-economic inequalities aren't as much an issue. Northern European countries and Quebec are some of the places with the most socio-economic equity and their birthrate is down the drain.
Turns out having kids is hard on a body, and I don’t blame any woman for not wanting to go through that.
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$5000???
Hahahahaha
Give me a house. Anything short of 1500 sqft, 3br, 1.5ba, on a half acre or more is just not enough for my gf and I to even consider.
And we are both gainfully employed.
I get the sentiment here, but a half acre is a lot of land and the development of large suburban lots is a big thing that contributed to the housing crisis in north america. We need to diversify housing and increase the number of 1000-2000 sqft apartments as well. Relatively small homes on smaller lots (1/4 acre and under) should also be being built.
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