Let me say what we’re all thinking: If you make having kids affordable, more people will have kids. If you make having kids safer, more people will have kids. These are the things these idiots don’t want to acknowledge.
What I always find crazy is the cost of pre-natal, delivery and post-partum healthcare in the US. Barely any politician talks about it and no parents seem to talk about it until slapped in the face with the hospital bill. Even with insurance it’s on average a US$2800 downpayment…
If the US wants more babies, I think fixing this is a good start. Hilariously, a budgeting post on the cost in Canada says it’s CA$10-15k but that is the total expected amount to raise a child all the way to 18 years old, which is in stark contrast to the US one looking 3 months ahead at best.
Oh, let’s do more.
JD Vance’s solution to depression? “Maybe smile more”
JD Vance’s solution to cancer? “Maybe eat better”
JD Vance’s solution to poverty? “Maybe get another job”
JD Vance’s solution to homelessness? “Maybe move in with your parents”
“Grandma and grandpa want to help, but we can’t retire. Welcome to Walmart! I love you!”
“Maybe Grandma and Grandma still work,” said author Jacie Floyd on the social media platform X. “Maybe Grandma and Grandpa have health issues. Maybe Grandma and Grandpa live 1,000 miles away. Maybe Grandma and Grandpa don’t want to. The [Republican Party] shouldn’t be planning Grandma and Grandpa’s retirement for them.”
Actually, the Republican party are actively trying to keep Grandma and Grandpa from retiring by pushing the retirement age up towards the average American life expectancy while Republican health care policies are pushing that average further and further down. Sorry, JD, Grandma and Grandpa are being worked to death and can’t really help out.
One of my grandmothers never wanted to help because she died before I was born.
What is it with old people these days? Just lazing about and sipping lattes, probably.
