1686
Not stealing (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
120 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 47 points 1 year ago (18 children)

There is a reason for declining child birth numbers... it has everything to do with more people knowing what they are really getting into.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 18 child comments
    •
  • [+] 42 points 1 year ago (10 children)
    [deleted]
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 10 child comments
    •
  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    There are people giving 100% of their paychecks for childcare and the spouse pays for everything else.

    That is a failure of the US and birth rates won’t improve until that changes.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
    •
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    won't improve

    Nothing wrong with current birth rates, just the reasons for them.

    I think you meant

    won't increase

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Low birth rates deplete the work force in the long term. Creates issues where tax revenue is low and cost of social programs and healthcare are extremely high because there are so many people at retirement age and beyond. Birth rates at a minimum should be stagnant.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    deplete the work force

    Its spelled "increase the negotiating power of labor"

    tax revenues are low

    Tax billionaires out if existence. Or re-organize society so we work somewhat efficiently and don't spend 90% of allblabor doing useless corpo bosswank.

    See, this is only a problem gor evil exploitative oligarch shit heels. Benefits humans very much.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That assumes no immigration

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
    • load more comments (1 reply)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't really follow your train of thought. People would have been just as aware (if not more, due to the prevalence of multigenerational households) of this in the past as they are now, no?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In the past people didn't have access to a device with endless information about how rough it is the raise kids. Instead they had other local parents as a source, and those parents just wanted company in thier misery.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    When I was a kid we used to just get thrown outside along with all the other kids and told not to come back until lunch time.

    We used to get up to all sorts no one cared. At one point someone's dad took us all to the beach which was about an hour away, we all just got in this strangers car (never met him before) and went to the beach. I don't remember my parents been even remotely bothered by that when they found out.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •