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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

The article covers that. So far handout policies have only given a transient spike in births.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Handouts are not enough for me to not pull out.

I need more income. There is a massive difference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fair.

I personally just don't want kids, for reasons that have nothing to do with money. I don't know for sure how many people that applies to, but I'm guessing it's not insignificant. In another time it wasn't a choice unless you wanted to be celibate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yep, this means we need to try even harder. It’s a good thing that we’ve gotten to the point where people have more choices and are more in control of their own lives. We should never have to give this up.

However then the future of our society depends even more on fewer people deciding to have more children. Why would they decide to do that? How can we help make this choice easier for them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That doesn’t mean they don’t work. It could also mean they weren’t enough or they targeted the wrong things. With the future of our entire society at stake, surely we can spend more than a slightly better tax deduction.

I love my kids, but everything is more expensive, more time consuming, requiring more coordination with more people. Plus how will you find people who want to have kids if they can’t even spend time with them, to help them grow and develop, and discover the world?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, I can't say money couldn't work, especially if it's recurring like someone else said. It hasn't to date though.