They are all so dumb and assume we are as dumb as they are. Money is just one of many many reasons people aren’t having children. We really got to idiocracy fast than I ever could have anticipated
filmingfisheyes on
A one time check for 5,000 bucks for having a fucking child in 2025? Are you high!?
That is bananas.
Following-Complete on
I mean while anyone with a half a brain would not take the deal americans are not really that smart and i bet tons of people would try to get the money for that new sick ATV.
dryheat122 on
It might incentivize moms who don’t need to work and pay for daycare…like MAGA tradwives.
Square-Tangerine-784 on
Every crack head will be pregnant
Scotchfish45 on
Shut it down ladies. Hold fast. This is the opening bid. Wait. They’ll go higher. We have the power and the baby boxes. Hold. Hold.
JJOne101 on
Is 40k per year like a normal amount in current day USA?
redditprofile99 on
I had 2 kids in daycare at once. I paid more for daycare that year than I paid for my mortgage.
duckfartchickenass on
They want you to make more babies because in order for a Ponzi scheme to work, you need a constant supply of desperate and poorly educated people at the bottom of the pyramid scheme.
DrRockBoognish on
Out Of Touch
SEH1979 on
5 grand doesn’t even touch the hospital bill!!
Troutbrook37 on
In Canada, we pay $10 bucks a day, on average. Just saying.
Also, all the shit you’ve heard about our health care. Not true.
brokenwing2023 on
You know what’s sad? $5k won’t even cover your deductible just to give birth.
LessCellist7337 on
I raise your 40 and raise to 50
toooooold4this on
They want women to stop working, to stop voting, to stop everything.
scgt86 on
They’ll be the dumbest babies ever.
bwsmith201 on
Anybody who has a child just to get $5,000 from the government isn’t the kind of person who should be raising children. Just sayin’.
O-Tucci-O on
I mean its ONE child, Michael. What could it cost? $5,000?
fizzleguy on
Will be a hell of a Freakonomics episode 20 yrs after this incentive goes into place.
Bobll7 on
It probably costs more than $5000 just in hospital bills to give birth. Yeah, sure, that’ll help but I doubt it’ll tilt the balance.
Beneficial_Heat_7199 on
Society is filled with morons. Tons will have a baby to get the 5k and then spend it on a shopping spree at the mall.
spderweb on
Orphanages will become a massive industry.
mSummmm on
When my daughter was born I had terrible health insurance that didn’t pay unless the bill was over $7,500. We had zero complications with the baby and mother. Our hospital bill was just over $7,000! and that was years ago.
DarkR124 on
“How about you give existing and perspective parents better healthcare, reduce costs associated with raising a family, childcare benefits, and a whole host of other QOL improvements?”
“Best we can do is a one time payment for 1/100th of what it costs to raise a child to adulthood and classes on your menstrual cycle which you can find with a 5 minute google search. We’ll even throw in some medals.”
What a fucking joke.
BoxCarTyrone on
This country is tearing apart at the seams
stormy2587 on
Other countries have done better versions of this and it doesn’t move the needle much if at all. I wouldn’t bet on a baby boom.
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They are all so dumb and assume we are as dumb as they are. Money is just one of many many reasons people aren’t having children. We really got to idiocracy fast than I ever could have anticipated
A one time check for 5,000 bucks for having a fucking child in 2025? Are you high!?
That is bananas.
I mean while anyone with a half a brain would not take the deal americans are not really that smart and i bet tons of people would try to get the money for that new sick ATV.
It might incentivize moms who don’t need to work and pay for daycare…like MAGA tradwives.
Every crack head will be pregnant
Shut it down ladies. Hold fast. This is the opening bid. Wait. They’ll go higher. We have the power and the baby boxes. Hold. Hold.
Is 40k per year like a normal amount in current day USA?
I had 2 kids in daycare at once. I paid more for daycare that year than I paid for my mortgage.
They want you to make more babies because in order for a Ponzi scheme to work, you need a constant supply of desperate and poorly educated people at the bottom of the pyramid scheme.
Out Of Touch
5 grand doesn’t even touch the hospital bill!!
In Canada, we pay $10 bucks a day, on average. Just saying.
Also, all the shit you’ve heard about our health care. Not true.
You know what’s sad? $5k won’t even cover your deductible just to give birth.
I raise your 40 and raise to 50
They want women to stop working, to stop voting, to stop everything.
They’ll be the dumbest babies ever.
Anybody who has a child just to get $5,000 from the government isn’t the kind of person who should be raising children. Just sayin’.
I mean its ONE child, Michael. What could it cost? $5,000?
Will be a hell of a Freakonomics episode 20 yrs after this incentive goes into place.
It probably costs more than $5000 just in hospital bills to give birth. Yeah, sure, that’ll help but I doubt it’ll tilt the balance.
Society is filled with morons. Tons will have a baby to get the 5k and then spend it on a shopping spree at the mall.
Orphanages will become a massive industry.
When my daughter was born I had terrible health insurance that didn’t pay unless the bill was over $7,500. We had zero complications with the baby and mother. Our hospital bill was just over $7,000! and that was years ago.
“How about you give existing and perspective parents better healthcare, reduce costs associated with raising a family, childcare benefits, and a whole host of other QOL improvements?”
“Best we can do is a one time payment for 1/100th of what it costs to raise a child to adulthood and classes on your menstrual cycle which you can find with a 5 minute google search. We’ll even throw in some medals.”
What a fucking joke.
This country is tearing apart at the seams
Other countries have done better versions of this and it doesn’t move the needle much if at all. I wouldn’t bet on a baby boom.