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Original [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 11:43:35 PM  
Original Tweet:
 
AirForceVet [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:16:09 AM  
Then I'll have my deliveries at home because I've got Amazon Prime.
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 12:30:47 AM  
"Welcome to the world, that'll be $1600 please."
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 12:44:30 AM  
They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.
 
Diagonal [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 3:47:00 AM  

AirForceVet: Then I'll have my deliveries at home because I've got

Chewy Amazon Prime.
 
ltdanman44
2023-01-31 4:08:08 AM  

kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.


You Serious?
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El Rich-o
2023-01-31 4:10:41 AM  
Some country
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:11:11 AM  

kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.


1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either
 
mistahtom
2023-01-31 4:11:18 AM  
People with more than 2 children are the problem lol 🤭
 
GalFisk [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:11:58 AM  

kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.


Tax breaks for having better kids?
 
mistahtom
2023-01-31 4:12:28 AM  

leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either


UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.
 
DannyBrandt [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:12:51 AM  

GalFisk: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

Tax breaks for having better kids?


Just beat me to it. ☺
 
groppet
2023-01-31 4:12:56 AM  
At work a lot of the young people prefer having pets than kids and I don't blame them.
 
GalFisk [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:13:10 AM  

mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.


What's the mechanism?
 
JRoo
2023-01-31 4:15:13 AM  
This why I just plan to suddenly have stage 4 cancer then die. Boom. No fuss, no muss.
 
Alphax
2023-01-31 4:15:42 AM  
The other week, we had an article about Missouri thinking of offering a $400 tax credit for having children.  You know, the ones they're forcing you to have after banning all abortion.  It's insulting.
 
LockeOak
2023-01-31 4:17:20 AM  
When we had our kids, after a couple of days we told the nurse we'd like to go home. She came back after 20 minutes, said we were good to go, checked that we had a suitable baby capsule for the car, and we walked out. The only charge was for parking.
 
Nana's Vibrator
2023-01-31 4:17:30 AM  
Your blog which you try to give credibility to by platforming it on Twitter sucks.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:23:19 AM  

mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.


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Excelsior
2023-01-31 4:27:29 AM  

mistahtom: People with more than 2 children are the problem lol 🤭


It's not like they charge you any less for the first two.
 
Shaggy_C
2023-01-31 4:31:12 AM  
To be fair, "skin to skin" typically means that the nurses have to stand around waiting for 30+ minutes to clean off the babby so that the mother can snuggle the screecher while it's still covered in disgusting bodily fluids. That's time they could be spending elsewhere, so it makes sense that it gets charged extra. Next there will be outrage - OUTRAGE - that preparing the  placenta in a doggy bag for to go eating also costs extra.

If you let them clean off the babby and then take you over to recovery you can hold it as long as you want at no extra cost. Good practice, as you'll be supporting the babby for the next 18 years minimum.
 
Jiggatron69
2023-01-31 4:33:54 AM  

mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.


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LedLawless
2023-01-31 4:34:05 AM  

mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.


It will if it isn't, either.
 
MillionDollarMo
2023-01-31 4:34:07 AM  

Shaggy_C: To be fair, "skin to skin" typically means that the nurses have to stand around waiting for 30+ minutes to clean off the babby so that the mother can snuggle the screecher while it's still covered in disgusting bodily fluids. That's time they could be spending elsewhere, so it makes sense that it gets charged extra. Next there will be outrage - OUTRAGE - that preparing the  placenta in a doggy bag for to go eating also costs extra.

If you let them clean off the babby and then take you over to recovery you can hold it as long as you want at no extra cost. Good practice, as you'll be supporting the babby for the next 18 years minimum.


Alternatively, here in Canada we get to do all of that and are charged zero dollars for the birth.

As I recall the nurses went about their business but were nearby.
 
thisispete
2023-01-31 4:35:42 AM  
In the civilized world, not only is childbirth free. There's also paid parental leave and income support through tax credits and grants for parents. Some countries provide a baby box full of essentials for new parents. One power company here in New Zealand this week announced 3 months of free electricity for households with newborns. No strings attached.

How the hell can your politicians claim to be pro life without providing that kind of support for the most vulnerable?
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:40:59 AM  
thisispete:

The iron rule of any political policy from the GQP is it will be 180 degrees away from its name.

pro life, constitutional carry, anything with "freedom" in the title.

It also applies to bipartisan stuff. They use the names to ram through bad laws to use an emotional appeal defense if anyone protests.

The Protect Children Act

Children can be macerated to create Jackson Pollack style paintings.


Senator Blue: This seems like a terrible law.

Senator Red: Why don't you want to protect children!?!?
 
bighairyguy [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:42:08 AM  
Now we know where former airline executives end up.
 
Unemployedingreenland
2023-01-31 4:50:06 AM  

mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.


Show your work please
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-01-31 4:51:46 AM  
It's irresponsible to bring more people onto this planet. Your genes aren't special. We don't need more of you. Get a plant if you need to nurture something.
 
wademh
2023-01-31 4:54:05 AM  
a 7 year old bill?
 
MillionDollarMo
2023-01-31 5:01:24 AM  

Karma Chameleon: It's irresponsible to bring more people onto this planet. Your genes aren't special. We don't need more of you. Get a plant if you need to nurture something.


I never understand why the people who post this shiat don't write it about themselves.
 
MikeyFuccon
2023-01-31 5:05:17 AM  
So that's what Bernie is up to nowadays.

For the record? We have socialized medicine in Canada. Our fertility rate is lower (1.4 births per woman versus 1.6 for the US). The only advanced economy that still has an above-replacement birth rate is Israel (2.9).

Bluntly put, in a world where people can, and do, save for retirement instead of counting on children to care for them when they're too old to work, children have ceased to be pension plans and cheap farm labour and have become pets---really expensive pets. And many people have judged the expense not worth it.

I don't know what you can do about that. Lord knows policymakers have tried.
 
smileyphase
2023-01-31 5:05:23 AM  

thisispete: In the civilized world, not only is childbirth free. There's also paid parental leave and income support through tax credits and grants for parents. Some countries provide a baby box full of essentials for new parents. One power company here in New Zealand this week announced 3 months of free electricity for households with newborns. No strings attached.

How the hell can your politicians claim to be pro life without providing that kind of support for the most vulnerable?


1. NZ has a lot of positives.

2. You assume the sort of politician who is pro-life is on the level. Pro-Life is about control and subjugation of women and harm to minorities. And fascism means they delight in disingenuousness to frustrate and waste your energy.

This is the face-eating leopard brigade and their chosen leadership.
 
adj_m
2023-01-31 5:08:30 AM  

Unemployedingreenland: mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.

Show your work please


Found a picture of their work

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leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 5:10:11 AM  
MikeyFuccon:

Who can save for retirement!?
 
groppet
2023-01-31 5:15:50 AM  

Karma Chameleon: It's irresponsible to bring more people onto this planet. Your genes aren't special. We don't need more of you. Get a plant if you need to nurture something.


Yup 8 billion people and counting. Got into a discussion with a friend about it and was talking about how we needed less people and he said we need more and I said why since we don't take care of the ones we got, we fight over limited resources and are on the verge of a 6th mass extinction and environmental disaster.
But the Gods of capitalism demand more new consumers to buy their crap.
 
erik-k [OhFark]
2023-01-31 5:17:23 AM  

Alphax: The other week, we had an article about Missouri thinking of offering a $400 tax credit for having children.  You know, the ones they're forcing you to have after banning all abortion.  It's insulting.


It's just a baby, Michael, what can it possibly cost to take care of it? $400 a year?

- some GQPer, probably
 
Clearly Canadian [OhFark]
2023-01-31 5:17:33 AM  

mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.


No.
 
1funguy
2023-01-31 5:17:38 AM  

thisispete: In the civilized world, not only is childbirth free. There's also paid parental leave and income support through tax credits and grants for parents. Some countries provide a baby box full of essentials for new parents. One power company here in New Zealand this week announced 3 months of free electricity for households with newborns. No strings attached.

How the hell can your politicians claim to be pro life without providing that kind of support for the most vulnerable?


Rich people need that portion of public funding to be applied to the Grifting Our People slush fund.
 
Alphax
2023-01-31 5:18:34 AM  

erik-k: Alphax: The other week, we had an article about Missouri thinking of offering a $400 tax credit for having children.  You know, the ones they're forcing you to have after banning all abortion.  It's insulting.

It's just a baby, Michael, what can it possibly cost to take care of it? $400 a year?

- some GQPer, probably


And that was probably only for the birth year, not every year.
 
DON.MAC [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 5:19:02 AM  

thisispete: In the civilized world, not only is childbirth free. There's also paid parental leave and income support through tax credits and grants for parents. Some countries provide a baby box full of essentials for new parents. One power company here in New Zealand this week announced 3 months of free electricity for households with newborns. No strings attached.


Finland gives every new kid a box of stuff.  The box can be used as a bed for the newborn or a cat if the kid has a better bed.
 
emtwo
2023-01-31 5:23:33 AM  

GalFisk: mistahtom: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

UBI leads to less-than-dollarstore quality products.

Your standard of living will go down if UBI is implemented.

What's the mechanism?


I really hope he pulls up the graphs from his profile again. That's always a classic bit. Let me go grab a beer.
 
AppleOptionEsc
2023-01-31 5:28:49 AM  

thisispete: How the hell can your politicians claim to be pro life without providing that kind of support for the most vulnerable?


Because some voters get off on the lie, and/or have acute lead poisoning.
 
adj_m
2023-01-31 5:28:57 AM  

Karma Chameleon: It's irresponsible to bring more people onto this planet. Your genes aren't special. We don't need more of you. Get a plant if you need to nurture something.


The world population is expected to level off at around 11 billion in 2100. Earth isn't becoming inhospitable because of how many people there are, it's becoming that way because of how those in power are choosing to exploit it, and because everyone else is allowing it through convenience and ignorance.

Either technology will advance to the point where we can properly mitigate or even repair some of the damage, or things will continue to self correct. We're already past the point now where the future choice is do we live on a badly damaged and destabilized Earth, or do a handful of us live on a second Venus. A few billion, give or take, isn't going to be what decides it.
 
PartTimeBuddha [OhFark]
2023-01-31 5:29:15 AM  

leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either


5. More vegan options
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 5:31:24 AM  

PartTimeBuddha: leeksfromchichis: kdawg7736: They really need to create incentives for people to have kids, like tax breaks for having kids, or better ones at least. Maybe even a bigger break for the more kids they have.

1. Higher wages
2. Lower prices
3. National healthcare
4. UBI or something couldn't hurt either

5. More vegan options


Ew.

I mean the meat industry yada yada bad for the environment etc.  But we don't really need more vegan options.
 
holdmybones
2023-01-31 5:31:43 AM  

Shaggy_C: To be fair, "skin to skin" typically means that the nurses have to stand around waiting for 30+ minutes to clean off the babby so that the mother can snuggle the screecher while it's still covered in disgusting bodily fluids. That's time they could be spending elsewhere, so it makes sense that it gets charged extra. Next there will be outrage - OUTRAGE - that preparing the  placenta in a doggy bag for to go eating also costs extra.

If you let them clean off the babby and then take you over to recovery you can hold it as long as you want at no extra cost. Good practice, as you'll be supporting the babby for the next 18 years minimum.


You could not be dumber.
 
ace in your face [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 5:31:52 AM  

Alphax: The other week, we had an article about Missouri thinking of offering a $400 tax credit for having children.  You know, the ones they're forcing you to have after banning all abortion.  It's insulting.


$400!? That won't even cover the appointments during pregnancy let alone a birth and 18 years of feeding, clothing and caring for the child. Even $400 a month couldn't offset that, although it would be a much better start. Daycare in these parts costs at least 2k a month. A nanny costs more like 60k a year. But I also don't live in Missouri.
 
Bob Down
2023-01-31 5:31:53 AM  

LockeOak: When we had our kids, after a couple of days we told the nurse we'd like to go home. She came back after 20 minutes, said we were good to go, checked that we had a suitable baby capsule for the car, and we walked out. The only charge was for parking.


You were lucky. I had to sell my eldest daughter just to collect the car.
 
ace in your face [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 5:42:20 AM  
Honestly that's not a crazy high bill. My birth was 20k in 2011, and that's before my baby was rehospitalized. My insurance covered it, but because we chose to have insurance cover it and not pay it ourselves we couldn't sue for the extremely bad treatment that left both me and baby injured. We didn't have $20k extra at the time, and even though we would have surely eventually won the lawsuit we just couldn't financially manage that in the moment. Both my ex husband and I still feel angry about it (we discussed it just the other day since it was my daughter's 12th birthday on Saturday).
 
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