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Re:Why Americans Care About Work So Much by renewiltord on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:54AM (#35397869)
If you're poor, the pregnancy healthcare in Austin, TX is pretty good. So the answer is: the rest of us.

That's probably for the best since you and your wife are going to spend the next two decades constructing another active labor force member - every one of whom is precious to us as a society.

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Re:Why Americans Care About Work So Much by analognoise on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:39PM (#35403850)
"every one of whom is precious to us as a society."

This is demonstrably false - we have had how many school shootings this year? We have a "light truck exemption" that kills pedestrians and makes our vehicles an ever heavier competition (nobody wants to drive a small car if everyone else has a tank). We have the worst life expectancy of all rich nations - by a LONG shot. Our neonatal care is atrocious. We have no maternity leave. "Kids can work in meat packing plants at 14" is being honestly discussed.

Kids are a talisman, invoked to do anything except actually help them.

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