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kpete

(72,689 posts) Mon Aug 5, 2024, 09:01 AM Aug 5

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In case you're wondering why folks aren't having kids, JD [View all]

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In case you're wondering why folks aren't having kids, JD [View all] kpete Aug 5 OP

But the billionaires can afford as many as Johonny Aug 5 #1

Billionaires BigMin28 Aug 5 #4

Right? geardaddy Aug 5 #14

11! Johonny Aug 5 #16

And how many of those 11 kids hate him by now I wonder. nt Maru Kitteh Aug 5 #24

There's at least one AZSkiffyGeek Aug 5 #29

"he declared her dead to him." Dave Bowman Aug 5 #32

The kind of fucker who thinks he owns the planet and everyone on it. Maru Kitteh Aug 5 #47

The "fine-christian" republican kind of parent. FoxNewsSucks Aug 5 #50

Holy crap! geardaddy Aug 5 #51

JD's answer is the mom needs to stay home and raise sinkingfeeling Aug 5 #2

How can they afford to pay the mortgage, or even rent, on one salary? Wicked Blue Aug 5 #8

Reminds me of the oh-so-descriptive term created some years ago. Xavier Breath Aug 5 #10

That is what younger people around here murielm99 Aug 5 #23

My stepdaughter isn't having children ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #25

My oldest child could afford them, murielm99 Aug 5 #36

And they struggle to afford themselves. quaint Aug 5 #33

That's not the billionaires' problem..... lastlib Aug 5 #15

Or as someone said once, they just need to choose better parents. LiberalArkie Aug 5 #22

I plan to help my son out with a downpayment, but it is not looking good. BobTheSubgenius Aug 5 #38

Even if they weren't, women prefer making their own money to economic dependence valleyrogue Aug 5 #52

I thought the USA was a "free" country..................... Lovie777 Aug 5 #3

These repubs want this country.. rubbersole Aug 5 #11

BINGO! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 5 #39

"they want to take away childcare because the women have to stay home and not" feed her children. quaint Aug 5 #34

Billionaires dont raise their kids Flatrat Aug 5 #5

What they want is more insidious. They know that USA birth rates Tadpole Raisin Aug 5 #6

and that is why et tu Aug 5 #9

South Korea is a very patriarchal society and OMGWTF Aug 5 #40

For all the 'incentives' they have offered that haven't worked Tadpole Raisin Aug 5 #45

Low paying jobs in construction, generally with no benefits. Clouds Passing Aug 5 #7

And cannon fodder. rubbersole Aug 5 #12

THERE is the connection between cutting education.... lastlib Aug 5 #17

That is a major part of the plan, already being enacted in numerous states. Clouds Passing Aug 5 #18

And the women need to pop out as many babies as possible, whether they want them or not. Sky Jewels Aug 5 #21

In the last 2 decades, suicide rates among Farmer-Rick Aug 5 #13

Not high enough ...nt ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #26

ROFLMAO! Dave Bowman Aug 5 #35

Kids Ladythatvotesblue Aug 5 #19

Also: global warming Sky Jewels Aug 5 #20

This is the real answer Unwind Your Mind Aug 5 #28

Exactly - why would you want to put your child thru that chaos? It's more loving to spare them the weather/heat/drought ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #30

I decided that I would never have kids back when I w Dave Bowman Aug 5 #41

A good investigative journalist would look into Vance's childcare arrangements Raven123 Aug 5 #27

Not since the VP-cand announcement TommyT139 Aug 5 #37

Nope. Not relevant. What were they doing before his nomination? Raven123 Aug 5 #48

ive seen where parents take kids to work. its a personal choice . i chose not to marry AllaN01Bear Aug 5 #31

Post removed Post removed Aug 5 #42

jujubeets....... Upthevibe Aug 5 #44

kick. n/t Upthevibe Aug 5 #43

The more a society embraces pure capitalism, the fewer kids workers will have. paulkienitz Aug 5 #46

The Best Reason In The World...........I don't want to . Ping Tung Aug 5 #49