Raising a child costs between $13k[2] and $35k[1] per year in the USA – depending on where you live and who you ask.

With a minimum wage job ($7.25/hr) you need to work about 5 to 13 hours per day to make that much – before taxes.

[1] https://smartasset.com/financial-advisor/cost-raise-child-2023

[2] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/090415/cost-raising-child-america.asp

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So you say … poor people should get an abortion?

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39 points

“Should” is not the operative word.

“Have the choice to” get an abortion is the operative phrase.

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Yes, that’s obvious. People should always have a choice. The choice should just not be based on their income alone.

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9 points

The choice is not yours so you can’t say what it should or shouldn’t be based on.

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6 points

Yes, free health-care. Positive freedom in general is needed if you like choice.

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24 points

OP didn’t say that at all… They only pointed out how expensive raising a child is and that people will make the decision that is in their best interests.

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You don’t need to explicitly write something down to say something.

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What we SHOULDN’T do is take away their right to one if they so choose.

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16 points

Or how about poor people should be given a living wage?

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But what if they are not valuable enough to earn a living wage?

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I beg your pardon?

Every job needs a living wage. Anything else is wage slavery. Seriously, what are you, a 1910 coal mine overseer?

A living wage for all benefits both people and the economy; that’s been proven over and over again. All people are worthy of being able to support themselves and a family, for heaven’s sake.

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10 points

Nice strawman, try again

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