“im gonna pay you 5 grand to creampie your wife for the economy”
And those that are uneducated or downright stupid will fall for it. Those that aren’t, will continue not to because nobody can afford to have kids and they know 5k doesn’t do shit.
That’ll cover the cost of a child for a whole month.
This move will be repealed in 2 weeks.
When a black woman applies for it for triplets.
America is cooked if they think this will solve the baby bust. We’re gonna turn into Japan and South Korea in 40 years
It won’t
Don’t fall for it. Kids cost way more than that.
How much does it cost to even have a baby in a hospital? 🤔
My co-worker paid $39,000 two years ago. It was ~$25,000 for us ~14 years ago.
Fuck. When i was born, i had to spend some time in an incubator. My mom fell in a coma and woke up 1 month later. We were in the hospital the whole time.
Tons of exams for my mom …
This would have ruined my parents, if i would have been born in the USA, which almost happened.
And don’t forget the cost of caring for a kid is somewhere in the realm of $10k over the first year.
P.S. Always request an itemized bill from hospitals. Magically the amount owed will go down.
It’s all in what insurance, and the hospital ital costs are only the beginning
About 18 years ago we were pretty well covered: deductible wasn’t bad. But other people talked about first year supplies. You also have multiple doctor visits so even if it’s just deductible it starts adding up. Then we had an allergy thing where special food was $1,400/month - luckily we only had to pay a few months while arguing with insurance
Then we arrive at today. All those years of kid expenses made it tough to save, but now we have college expenses and the current administration is cutting financial aid
We need so much more than $5k to raise kids
At least 10k with no complications, plus whatever income you lose from not working
But I can get my 80” LED TV now!!!
This does not even cover the costs for the birth in hospital.
Nothing like a $5k bonus for accepting a half million liability (at least).
I have a modest proposal that might take care of that liability
Cost of raising a middle-income child in the US to age 18 (excludes college/university) is around $375,000 pre-cost increase due to the amazing economic changes. But hey, $5k sure sounds worth it! /s
How about they just stop cutting college aid and we call it even?
Poland went trough this a decade ago. First they offered a small bonus after birth. This didn’t impact the birth rate at all. Next they introduced a monthly allowance per child. This also didn’t impact the birth rate at all. Monthly allowance did lower child poverty rates though.
that number needs 2 more zeros
The birth rate is going to crater, because no one wants to bring children into a fascist shithole.
Once again right wing policies don’t match up with what their stated goals are. This won’t even cover the hospital bill for delivering the kid, let alone what it costs to raise them.
If the right wing actually wanted to raise birth rates, they’d be offering universal healthcare, at least triple the current minimum wage, free preschool, free college/trade school, substantial paid parental leave for both parents, actual sick time/PTO laws.
Not this insult
What’s with the price of $5,000? First it were these checks, and now this…
