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MineralMan

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33. I'm not sure about the tax breaks.

Reply to Quakerfriend (Reply #27)

Fri Jun 21, 2024, 11:33 AM

Jun 2024

I've never complained about taxes. I don't always like them, but they're how we pay for our society.

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Your decision is your decision. yagotme Jun 2024 #1

I just didn't want to spend my life taking care leftyladyfrommo Jun 2024 #107

When my current wife and I got married, she was thinking about having another kid. yagotme Jun 2024 #111

I, too, chose not to have children. Lonestarblue Jun 2024 #2

Exactly. MineralMan Jun 2024 #4

the same way we feel.... bahboo Jun 2024 #32

Amen! LoisB Jun 2024 #65

So many peolpe think that education only benfits the students who receive it. That's nonsense, soldierant Jun 2024 #97

thank you Skittles Jun 2024 #105

Yes many life styles/choices MotownPgh Jun 2024 #3

It always seemed odd to me. MineralMan Jun 2024 #6

We decided to have a couple children. They are now in their 30's and they have decided NOT to have children progressoid Jun 2024 #5

Three of my four children have made the same decision Mossfern Jun 2024 #23

I have always found it rather odd, particularly on DU. TwilightZone Jun 2024 #7

I've never understood the pro-procreation bit... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #8

It's a biological need. Just normal for a species MotownPgh Jun 2024 #54

Yes, I understand the survival of the species bit... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #69

I have never personally felt any social MotownPgh Jun 2024 #93

This is true. It's a tremendous drive, and can only be partly overridden by the rational brain... Hekate Jun 2024 #75

I agree about how forced parenthood can be used to enslave women... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #84

It keeps women dependent on men and out of the work force. Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #82

Yes, I BlueSky3 Jun 2024 #108

Well said. I had been neutral about the subject seeing the benefits of not having children both for myself and earth captain queeg Jun 2024 #9

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What a wonderful memory you have! MineralMan Jun 2024 #17

Okay, that's enough. Iggo Jun 2024 #24

Women get people's unsolicited opinion about their childlessness even more. CrispyQ Jun 2024 #11

That's definitely true. MineralMan Jun 2024 #18

This is January 2018 JustAnotherGen Jun 2024 #88

Those of us who teach leave a legacy of students taught. Children seem less necessary then. eppur_se_muova Jun 2024 #12

Not having children is a personal decision. patphil Jun 2024 #13

I made my decision not to have children and have not Polly Hennessey Jun 2024 #14

And yet we hear about populations getting older with no young people to fill posts question everything Jun 2024 #15

There are plenty of already born persons who would love these jobs that you speak of. 1WorldHope Jun 2024 #26

And then what? California and New Mexico suffer from chronic shortage of water question everything Jun 2024 #110

Growth is a Ponzi scheme Random Boomer Jun 2024 #28

The business environment will need less and less employees as time goes by Stargazer99 Jun 2024 #30

There are plenty of people for jobs - the issue is whether greedy owners will pay them. nt TBF Jun 2024 #98

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make any difference Kaleva Jun 2024 #16

Well, of course one person's choice does not affect MineralMan Jun 2024 #19

Thank you -- I knew at 12 I didn't want children obamanut2012 Jun 2024 #20

Thanks for your reply. MineralMan Jun 2024 #21

I made this choice too Johnny2X2X Jun 2024 #22

Life is filled with choices Random Boomer Jun 2024 #29

Another choice IbogaProject Jun 2024 #25

Thank you for your reflections on this MM. Quakerfriend Jun 2024 #27

I'm not sure about the tax breaks. MineralMan Jun 2024 #33

I think the point was climate change will have catastrophic consequences, surfered Jun 2024 #31

You're right, of course. MineralMan Jun 2024 #41

We have no children either and I often worry about the end. surfered Jun 2024 #43

I do, as far as that is possible. MineralMan Jun 2024 #50

Between all of them, my siblings produced 6 kids Bayard Jun 2024 #34

I'm concerned, too. I was concerned back in 1965. MineralMan Jun 2024 #37

China had a one child only policy.... rubbersole Jun 2024 #35

That's true, as far as it goes. MineralMan Jun 2024 #38

There were a couple of terrible, terrible flaws in their plan. #1 No social safety net for old people... Hekate Jun 2024 #78

I am trying to raise other people's kids to better aware and haele Jun 2024 #36

It's all really complex, isn't it? MineralMan Jun 2024 #39

Have kids or don't have kids. It's everyone's personal decision IMO and I support having that choice 100% Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #40

I've heard this from rw family members (maga brother). rubbersole Jun 2024 #46

Listen, I've heard people complain about MotownPgh Jun 2024 #102

Arg ... Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #104

We took the guidance of ZPG (Zero Population Growth) calimary Jun 2024 #42

I considered that, and decided that MineralMan Jun 2024 #45

calimary, I wish more men were like your husband Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #53

It really nailed it into place permanently for me. calimary Jun 2024 #80

Even a normal pregnancy is trauma to a woman's body. Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #81

No shit, Sherlock! And I went back for seconds. calimary Jun 2024 #83

My first labor lasted 40 hours start to finish. Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #85

I got lucky in that department. calimary Jun 2024 #87

Unbelievable. That poor woman. Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #91

Around the same time I made the decision not to reproduce for the exact same reason. camartinwv Jun 2024 #44

It's always an individual decision, or should be. MineralMan Jun 2024 #48

My high school class had an unusually large amount of only children. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #101

I am fully in favor of whatever people choose for themselves genxlib Jun 2024 #47

That's the only sensible thing. MineralMan Jun 2024 #49

Yeah....like this Bettie Jun 2024 #112

That sounds so "Un-DU'er" like to rail against someones personal decision like that. I did not see the thread but Cheezoholic Jun 2024 #51

I agree. I am responsible only for my own choices. MineralMan Jun 2024 #52

I never wanted to have children. (A bit off topic.) Dem2theMax Jun 2024 #55

Thank you for your reply. MineralMan Jun 2024 #57

I'm with you. I never brought children into the world, but Sogo Jun 2024 #56

I have no brief with those who did have children. MineralMan Jun 2024 #58

Hey MM DENVERPOPS Jun 2024 #59

Older Gen X were teh first gen to have a lower SOL than the previous one obamanut2012 Jun 2024 #66

I'm with you. I do have children, but with the way the world is right now judesedit Jun 2024 #60

Here, here! Charlie Chapulin Jun 2024 #61

A few years later (in '65 I was only 17) I made the decision to only have "replacements" i.e. 2 kids Hekate Jun 2024 #62

I know. I didn't expect to see the crisis develop as it has. MineralMan Jun 2024 #71

What is this choice of which you speak! Croney Jun 2024 #63

Unless it is a choice to do something that causes harm to others, I don't understand why a person's LoisB Jun 2024 #64

As a young man, I decided not to have children, with the caveat that the right woman could convince me, bluescribbler Jun 2024 #67

Yes. I have had to tell more than one person that. MineralMan Jun 2024 #72

If someone points out that an evil stupid person Arne Jun 2024 #68

Things always seem to reduce to the lowest common denominator... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #73

When I recently saw the documentary Arne Jun 2024 #74

If entropy has anything to do with it, devolution here we come. Think. Again. Jun 2024 #76

Not having children is good for the environment lakeguy Jun 2024 #70

Pawprint Arne Jun 2024 #77

I too made the same decision. I turned 70 this year. sarchasm Jun 2024 #79

I would have adopted or become a foster parent TexasBushwhacker Jun 2024 #86

I never wanted children, never did and neither did my two siblings. betsuni Jun 2024 #89

I feel that Unwind Your Mind Jun 2024 #103

Narcissists! Yes, same. betsuni Jun 2024 #106

same vow joanbarnes Jun 2024 #90

You were praciticing freedom Ohioboy Jun 2024 #92

The fact that others would criticize you for doing something senseandsensibility Jun 2024 #94

In those days it must have seemed to violate the whole purpose of life. NH Ethylene Jun 2024 #95

It is not just population size - rich countries and people are out-sized greenhouse gas generators. waterwatcher123 Jun 2024 #96

my cats + my art are my babies. and then there is my multitude of adopted collections. pansypoo53219 Jun 2024 #99

whoa, thank you Mineral Man... bluboid Jun 2024 #100

Your choice, of course. My main concern... Happy Hoosier Jun 2024 #109

Well, as long as seniors vote... MineralMan Jun 2024 #113

You may be in a position to not worry about it. Happy Hoosier Jun 2024 #114

Saying that the world is overpopulated by humans is a non-sequitur. hunter Jun 2024 #115