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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yeah, the fact that parents who choose to have kids still have to actually pay for their kids is a real tragedy.  |
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Irrelevant argument unless you can demonstrate that cheap day care directly results in a significantly higher birth rate.
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I'm not sure what it would take to convince you that the cost of raising kids has an impact on the birth rate. Anecdotally, parents I know have cited cost as the reason not to have a 2nd or 3rd child.
Then there's the gender income gap, which is mostly due to moms leaving the workforce for several years mid-career. Some would stay home anyway. But if you're making 48k and you're faced with the prospect of handing over 70 per cent of your paycheque for daycare for two kids, it's a no-brainer for most moms to stay home.
This notion that kids and the costs of kids are a burden on society is pretty short-sighted. As was pointed out, you can make up the numbers with ever-increasing immigration, or you can watch your taxbase and economy shrink as the population relentlessly ages.