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And then who pays the mortgage that now requires 2 incomes? We are not building a society, we're building some kind of mass labor camp. Which means eventually
by PostOnce 7mo ago
And then who pays the mortgage that now requires 2 incomes?
We are not building a society, we're building some kind of mass labor camp.
Which means eventually we're going to get a prison riot because people are tired of the conditions.
- dangcensors 7mo agoYou're moving the goalposts. A child's own mother will always provide cheaper and higher quality childcare than a disinterested third party, regardless of the sorry state of our economy.
- Dylan16807 7mo agoCheaper is very much not true if you value time. Devoting the entire workday of an adult to 1-3 children is a huge cost, much more expensive than having one adult handle 6-10 children. And "higher quality" isn't guaranteed at all. Even with daycare the children are with their parents most of the time, and meeting up with other kids and a trained caregiver during weekdays has a lot of good effects.
- black6 7mo agoNot all mortgages require two incomes. Ones that do are evidence of the mortgagees getting out over their skis.
- PostOnce 7mo agoMaybe for the white collar worker, for now, but what about the blue collar? The median household income is 80k.