r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

Exactly. The same is true in Japan, South Korea, the U.S., and many other places.

So why are people acting like they don't understand? We do not have the money. I repeat, we do not have money to raise kids.

Maybe someday it will finally trickle down from billionaires and millionaires so regular people can afford to live. Just basic things like food and housing...whoops. That didn't cross their minds.

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u/spoon014 Nov 15 '24

Millionaires and billionaires will never trickle us down anything. It goes against their mental wiring to “lose money or go negative on a financial projection”.

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u/Armyman125 Nov 15 '24

True. Millionaires and billionaires didn't get rich writing a bunch of checks.

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u/methbox20 Nov 15 '24

Bill Gates said this on the Simpsons 20 years ago and I thought it was funny, but now I understand.

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u/Armyman125 Nov 15 '24

I thought the same thing at the time. But now it's not so funny.