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minikites | 4 years ago

The cost of living and costs of raising a child have both increased dramatically while wages are flat, of course people are having fewer kids. We could increase government childcare aid, but that involves taxing wealthy people, which isn't popular. We could reduce some of the future productivity loss with immigration, but many people don't like that idea either. Instead, childless adults are called selfish and blamed for eating too much avocado toast because that's easier than addressing the real problems.

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908B64B197|4 years ago

> We could reduce some of the future productivity loss with immigration

This assumes you can reach the same level of productivity. Not all immigration is created equal I'm afraid.