Should we care about people who need never exist?

Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by kjkjadksj on Monday January 02, 2023 @03:52PM (#34223483)

The calculations seem pretty subjective on whats actually essential if a kid actually costs you 40k a year. I don’t even spend that much on myself .

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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by Konnstann on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:03PM (#34223612)

Presumably you aren't constantly growing and in constant need of new clothes, nor do you need to pay someone to look after you on a day to day basis a la childcare.

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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by jefftk on Monday January 02, 2023 @07:43PM (#34225952)

These are on vastly different scales: we probably pay 50x more for childcare than clothes.

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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by michaelt on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:48PM (#34224139)

Right, but you probably don't need childcare.

Have a kid in California and you can look forward to paying $17000/year for infant care [1]. With California's median per-capita income of $41000/year [2] having two kids is an expensive business!

[1] https://tootris.com/edu/blog/parents/cost-of-child-care-in-c... [2] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA/INC110221

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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by com2kid on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:24AM (#34229858)

Seattle is 24000-30k a year for infant care.

17,000 would be very, very, cheap.

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