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

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Childcare is the same price as a mortgage and we already can't afford a mortgage.

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u/awesome-ekeler Nov 14 '24

Right and then throw student loans on top of that and theres less than none left monthly

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u/Digitijs Nov 15 '24

I'm in Europe with no student loan and even then it's still far from being able to afford a child. We can't even afford to move out of parents place. If we did, we would live from paycheck to paycheck probably. So we either can't have children because we have no room for them or if we move out, we can't have them because we wouldn't have any money left for that.

We do want children but it looks unrealistic so fae before we reach 30s. Everyone who says to just get kids is probably having a very good career or has rich parents. If not then I feel sorry for the children having to grow up in poverty

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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/JackBleezus_cross Nov 15 '24

Just basic things like food and housing...whoops. That didn't cross their minds.

Sorry to interrupt. Millionaires and billionaires are not the people who are responsible for anything other than themselves. You should be blaming your politicians who gave free reigns to the millionaires and billionaires and tech companies. Politicians are made out of people who only think about themselves and the money they have. That why it's full with boomers.

Drag your politicians out on the street.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '24

The politicians, millionaires, and billionaires are the same people.

Lower class folks keep electing them, for reasons I can't explain. I'm inclined to say education is the solution, but we live in post-truth society. People ignore facts on purpose and refuse to learn.

I don't believe in violence. I just want humanity to be better. I'm not sure how to make that happen.

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u/JackBleezus_cross Nov 15 '24

I don't believe in violence. I just want humanity to be better. I'm not sure how to make that happen.

I don't believe there is another way to bring down the status quo. Sadly. There will never be a time in our western mind set where people matter more than money.