Its a huge investment and money sink for no return.
After a certain point, people should stop caring about muh economic growth.That point comes after we manage to get off this planet. Once humanity grows the economy enough to free us from this rock, economic growth doesn't matter anymore.
Infinite growth with finite resources is the ideology of the cancer cell.
i completely understand why younger generations arent pumping out any kids. Its a huge investment and money sink for no return.
I mean, that's always been true hasn't it.Nah. There's been plenty of times where children were an investment with actual returns. Our current economic situation means they are massive burdens for their parents, despite providing positive value for society as a whole. This indicates that having children should be subsidized more.
Current economic issues make it a horrible
idea to have kids, my wife and I do well enough and its still a drain on our finances with 2 kids.
i completely understand why younger generations arent pumping out any kids. Its a huge investment and money sink for no return.
Same principle as marriage, a house and other major life decisions. If you wait until you can afford it you never will.
That sounds like a load of crap to me.
These opinion pieces are racist and bs.This, and I cannot emphasize this enough, FUCK YOU, GOP!!!!!!
Eh, there's NEVER a "perfect time" to have kids. It's disruptive no matter what
Eh, there's NEVER a "perfect time" to have kids. It's disruptive no matter whatIdk, I never wanted kids because I was always working 40 to 90 hour work weeks to just barely not be lower class.
Declining fertility rates also mean it will be harder to bear the brunt of Social Security payments, particularly as boomers age into retirement. Baby boomers are estimated to exert "peak burden" on the US economy in 2029, which is when all boomers will be 65 or older.
"We will have a great deal of trouble figuring out how to pay the retirements. The promised retirement payments for senior citizens Medicare and Social Security are going to go in vast deficits," Buchholz added.
If the birthrate doesn't increase soon, he estimates there will eventually be two full-time workers for every retiree, down from around 20 workers per retiree in the 1930s.
"That is simply not sustainable," he said.
Why is the average worker supposed to give a shit about rates of economic growth when the financial rewards are overwhelming going to the small percentage of people at the top while the rest of us see our financial prospects improve very little if at all?And maybe social security would be in a better place if those same individuals weren't allowed to hold onto a majority of the country's wealth.
Why is the average worker supposed to give a shit about rates of economic growth when the financial rewards are overwhelming going to the small percentage of people at the top while the rest of us see our financial prospects improve very little if at all?Same reason why they expect employees to care about shareholder value.
It might be hard to find someone to do your nails, but if you DO FUCKING NAILS for a living, then you can command a higher rate.More workers mean more businesses which means bigger economy. Elon Musk talks about this all the time.
I don't see how less workers is bad for the workers at all. It makes us more valuable as a commodity.
I'm not having kids because of knowing what's to come thanks to human caused climate change and the clear ineptitude to address it effectively by our world leaders.
But we know right wingers oppose this tooSometimes, I think their ultimate goal is to slowly die in an underground bunker surrounded by piles of gold, watching the outside world burn.
No offense but immigration is a shitty solution.Immigration is the life blood of America. Unless you are 100% native, it is the only reason you exist.
That may not faze some child-free millennials, who are using the money that would have been spent on childcare to splurge on lavish vacations, flashy boats, and other luxurie s popular among DINKs couples who live on double-income, with no kids.
That may not faze some child-free millennials, who are using the money that would have been spent on childcare to splurge on lavish vacations, flashy boats, and other luxuries popular among DINKs couples who live on double-income, with no kids.
@Torgo Yep, all the way done with blatant 'avocado toast' mentality and rhetoric.
No offense but immigration is a shitty solution.
I'd have 5 kids if I could afford it but such is life
Get with the times man. We're way past "don't eat avocado toast" now we're at "don't eat""Food? You should invest in some bootstraps and pull yourself up by using them. Do you know how many meals Jeff Bezos had to skip to get Amazon off the ground?!"
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