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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by sokoloff on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:00PM (#28370574)
But I (happening to have two kids) consume government services now in addition to creating the linked supply and demand for government services that my kids represent.

It doesn’t seem like “promising my kids will pick up the tab at replacement rate” is enough to be stable.

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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by dcolkitt on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @09:35PM (#28375605)
Hmm... That's a fair point. The wrinkle is not all government services scale linearly with users. For example, if there were twice as many Americans we probably wouldn't need twice the defense budget.
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