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If only there was a way to stop this 😉
It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child
A middle-income family might spend more than $18,000 a year on a child born in 2015, as inflation hits food, housing, haircuts and sports, according to a Brookings Institution analysis.
Getting them off to school and sending them to public school is key. One kid daycare is $1,800 a month. Once they get to school it's really not that bad - other than dental.It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child
A middle-income family might spend more than $18,000 a year on a child born in 2015, as inflation hits food, housing, haircuts and sports, according to a Brookings Institution analysis.
This kind of stuff comes out every so often, and folks express shock that it can cost so much, and state there's NO way they can afford it - and somehow they do. Our son was born in 1991, and we made about 1/3 then vs what we made when he graduated college in 2013 (which cost 5X at the UofMinnie vs what I paid to graduate from IUB in 1985) and we did fine.It Now Costs $300,000 to Raise a Child
A middle-income family might spend more than $18,000 a year on a child born in 2015, as inflation hits food, housing, haircuts and sports, according to a Brookings Institution analysis.
Living in a good public school district makes an enormous difference. Decent private schools where I live, decent, not fancy, are $20,000 a year all in. That's nearly a quarter of a million dollars in savings BEFORE college - for a single kid. Add two or three and it's big, big bucks. Half these damn kids will forget jesus by the time they're out of college anyway
My dad went to private schools (Catholic) for K-12 and was vociferous in his belief that we go to public schools, so I'm not a fan of private schools for K-12 as a general principle. We were fortunate to have very good public schools for our son to attend.
The GOP is better than Democrats, but that’s not saying much. However, Fiat currencies are Ponzi schemes and governments will always debase their currency and steal from their citizens. Not to mention the misallocation of capital, lost production, widening wealth gap, and all other societal ills inflating currencies cause. The answer is sound money…aka Bitcoin.
Do you mean ortho? Teeth cleanings and fillings are pennies on the Invisalign dollar. 🦷🥺
Oh ive been trapped in the black hole of dentistry since what feels like day one. Realignment with medieval contraptions. Braces. All of it
Looked to Ivanka Trump to take up the child care problem when DJT took office. However, as this article points out the pandemic and other political issues took precedence.
Only for the wealthy. The only taxes they fight to lower are for those at the top.
And childcare was a priority for the Democrats, until it wasn't. But cost is a problem and almost certainly impacts our birthrate.
With abortion no longer an option in many states the GOP may join the Dems in helping families with the increased family size along with additional costs.
Maybe just let Elon impregnate all the hopeful mothers from now on. He'd probably enjoy doing so and he has the resources to pay the child support.
You misread my initial post. It was about sound money, not political parties. As long as we have fiat currencies, this is going to happen. With that said, your statement is false. The 2018 tax cuts, cut taxes for everyone. Tax cuts just tend to benefit wealthy people because they pay more in taxes. Also, inflation is a tax and affects poorer people more than the wealthy.
Make them sign up for NIL, endorsing tricycles, cheese pizzas and Pampers and what-not.
No that is incorrect. It cut the tax rate for almost all tax brackets. The largest percentage tax cut was the decrease from 15% to 12%(10k-77kish income bracket). It also expanded the CTC, which wealthier people can’t receive (it phases out at 400,000 for families). I’m sorry you were lied to.
See what I mean? Like I said in that other post, sign them up for NIL to endorse bubble gum flavored toothpaste and decay-preventive gummies or whatever.
Stick to subjective topics in politics with your posts. You struggle with basic math and logic.
