• @TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      710 months ago

      It’s ok though, the US government will pay you to have children, because come tax time, the only thing more important than revenue is guaranteeing future wage slaves

    • @cjsolx@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Or maybe proper care for a kid really does cost $20k a year and half the population could not care for one without assistance or a partner to help cover those costs.

      Plenty of children go without in this country.

        • @XanderBrendon@lemmy.world
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          I have one child in daycare 4 days a week. The cost is $70 per day. It was actually one of the lower cost options in my area as it’s run by a mom out of her home. For child care alone, I’m paying over $14k /year. Now a typical family may not have the means to pay that. But they need time away from their kids to work the same as I do. Maybe they’re lucky enough to have family nearby that can help. But that’s still a cost that has to be paid when you talk about the cost of having a child. In this case the family member is a covering the.cost via donated labor.