“im gonna pay you 5 grand to creampie your wife for the economy”
Cost of raising a middle-income child in the US to age 18 (excludes college/university) is around $375,000 pre-cost increase due to the amazing economic changes. But hey, $5k sure sounds worth it! /s
How about they just stop cutting college aid and we call it even?
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Whites only no doubt
$3,000 for everyone else. Call it a compromise.
A 60% compromise!
The “three-thousand dollars out of five-thousand dollars” compromise.
Oof, American history joke.
They would if they could.
No, they will.
They’ll challenge it somehow, or claim they’re subtracting welfare or just jerk brown people around.
This is a religious matter for them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham
Economically, birth rates need to go up.
But environmentally, it’s not a good picture.
Poland went trough this a decade ago. First they offered a small bonus after birth. This didn’t impact the birth rate at all. Next they introduced a monthly allowance per child. This also didn’t impact the birth rate at all. Monthly allowance did lower child poverty rates though.
And those that are uneducated or downright stupid will fall for it. Those that aren’t, will continue not to because nobody can afford to have kids and they know 5k doesn’t do shit.
100%. I think I read over the course of life from 0 to 18 years of age it costs about 100K to raise a kid.
Try $300k these days. Double it if you’re in California.
Yeesh I’m fucked.
I doubt that even covers the cost of drugs for giving birth.
What’s with the price of $5,000? First it were these checks, and now this…
PR testing how much to buy any slice of goodwill.
America is cooked if they think this will solve the baby bust. We’re gonna turn into Japan and South Korea in 40 years
*Must be redeemed on alcohol or drugs that makes you horny.
I’m already raising two young kids, not gonna have another, what are you gonna fucking do for me rape ape?
That’ll cover the cost of a child for a whole month.
And for the other 175 months you can just go f yourself because we care about fetuses, we do not care about children
Once again right wing policies don’t match up with what their stated goals are. This won’t even cover the hospital bill for delivering the kid, let alone what it costs to raise them.
If the right wing actually wanted to raise birth rates, they’d be offering universal healthcare, at least triple the current minimum wage, free preschool, free college/trade school, substantial paid parental leave for both parents, actual sick time/PTO laws.
Not this insult
I am extremely dubious on these figures, given the cost of child care.
I’m not sure what this comment is responding to.
I was just posting rough numbers to agree with you, but think the figures cited in the article are extremely conservative.
Do you get the $5,000 bonus even if you immediately put the child up for adoption? For some people, going this route could be more profitable than the pyramid scheme they call their “side hustle”.
Being a surrogate pays a lot more than this pittance.
I didn’t think of that. Good point.
Still, it might be worth considering if you’re (A) an idiot, and (B) keep getting turned down by those picky would-be parents who insist that you don’t smoke or drink while pregnant.
Carrying a fetus to term is extremely hard on the body, not to mention birth.
I’m aware. Nowhere did I say it wasn’t.
Only that if you were going to give birth for money, this is a pathetic amount to do it for.
Easy, friend. I’m agreeing with you.
