Re:America Needs to Rethink What It Means to Be Old
by LocalH on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:49AM
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You misattribute the cause of the declining birth rate. Younger people are making the smarter (and some would say more humane) decision not to bring a child into this increasingly human-destroying society.
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Re:America Needs to Rethink What It Means to Be Old
by thomascgalvin on Monday January 06, 2025 @09:41AM
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That's certainly part of it. Another significant factor is that many people have come to the conclusion that they simply cannot afford children. It costs something around $30k to give birth in the US, the cost of housing grossly outpaces inflation, wealth concentration is at or near an all-time high ...
Many people are struggling to keep themselves afloat, and adding a family to that mix would be ruinous.