• tintory@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    It doesn’t help that most “pro family” research groups are right wing lunatics telling our leaders that it’s not their fault that people aren’t having kids

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      1 year ago

      If I bought an average 4br 2 bath house today and got two average car leases and spent an average amount on utilities, taxes, food, kids clothes, and live an otherwise austere life, it would run about $7500/month.

      If I wanted to save for vacations, hobbies for the kids… Pay for private school and college? Itd be about $14k/mo.

      So basically raising 3 kids requires your household pulls down between $150k and 350k to live the American dream.

      Minimum wage pays $14,500/year.