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You can’t even pay people to have more kids

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That’s my experience too. I read the whole article to find out what countries have actually tried helping with the expenses of raising a child. The most financial help mentioned was a 30,000 LOAN that would be given to newly weds and only forgiven if they had 3 kids… 30k isn’t enough for one kid…

The only other financial help I saw was $7000 per kid in Russia.

And money is only one part of the problem. It takes time to raise kids. If both parents have to work full time there isn’t any time left to raise your kids even if you’re rich while working.

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From the article (that you didn’t read):

“In a 2018 US poll, about a quarter of respondents said they had or were planning to have fewer kids than they would ideally like to have. Of those, 64 percent cited the cost of child care as a reason. Ballooning costs — of child care, housing, college, and more — are an issue around the world”

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'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side

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He didn’t say that. He said he is willing to have a discussion about immigration policy with republicans.

Whoever wrote the article is trying to speak on behalf of an entire political group called “Progressives” by claiming everyone in the group came to a unanimous decision to not discuss immigration (this isn’t true).

So the writer of the article is claiming Fetterman isn’t a part of the group of Progressives because Fetterman is willing to do his job by being diplomatic.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets Into God Debate With Terminally Ill Child in Make-A-Wish Gone Awry

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The writer of that article seems over the top angry about NDT’s tweets. Enough so that he titles the article “Neil Degrasse Tyson Shut The Fuck Up”.

Maybe its justified though, let’s look at some examples:

-NDT tweeted that “Marriage Story” should’ve been called “Divorce Story”.

-NDT tweeted chunks of asteroid in the movie Armageddon conveniently hit all the major cities of earth.

-NDT tweeted that the aliens in the movie Arrival would’ve had to write backwards to communicate.

…Seriously this doesn’t explain the hate for him. It just makes the writer seem like he has a chip on his shoulder.