Here's the biggest reason why the US birth rate is declining. (Reply #34)

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Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:15 PM

roamer65 (31,282 posts)

34. Here's the biggest reason why the US birth rate is declining.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/09/pf/cost-of-raising-a-child-2015/index.html

Avg cost was $233,610 to raise a child in the US in 2015. That's not counting college costs.

So raising 3 kids will now cost you about $750k, in 2015 dollars. So costs are up, while wages remain fairly stagnant.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
Considered Bumper Sticker - "Save The Planet - Get Fixed". But Realized --------- [View all]	TheMastersNemesis	Sep 2017	OP
Right on.	Kath2	Sep 2017	#1
Never had kids.	Comatose Sphagetti	Sep 2017	#2
Neither Did I. My Motto - "No Kids, No Debt, No Regret". Feel Tbe Sme Way.	TheMastersNemesis	Sep 2017	#10
Yep	localroger	Sep 2017	#11
I like the acronym THINKER	Best_man23	Sep 2017	#17
Never wanted kids here	csziggy	Sep 2017	#19
Overpopulation IS the cause of climate change.	roamer65	Sep 2017	#3
Please don't let them come up here.	raven mad	Sep 2017	#7
A pandemic of some kind might make a dent	TexasBushwhacker	Sep 2017	#30
The good news is that the total number of births per year	GeoWilliam750	Sep 2017	#4
Last week had someone tell me...	Duppers	Sep 2017	#5
Well.................	raven mad	Sep 2017	#6
Dang!!	Duppers	Sep 2017	#14
No, no. No no no. Have kids.	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#8
There are plenty of refugees in the world. There's no need to make more people here in the U.S.A..	hunter	Sep 2017	#21
You're making my case	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#23
Japan would be fine if they weren't so damned xenophobic.	hunter	Sep 2017	#26
Paul Krugman: the US needs more kids	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#9
Sure Krugman understands climate science	Duppers	Sep 2017	#18
I am a climate scientist.	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#20
Good point about the GOP's growth.	Duppers	Sep 2017	#29
Transportation / gasoline is huge	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#33
Do we really need more kids if there will be fewer jobs?	TexasBushwhacker	Sep 2017	#31
Yes. Talent economy. Someone will need to program the tech.	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#32
Nope, we don't need them.	roamer65	Sep 2017	#35
The Church for you!	HAB911	Sep 2017	#12
Ah, see the reception here.	Duppers	Sep 2017	#13
I Do Not Believe We Are Necessarily Dead Yet.	TheMastersNemesis	Sep 2017	#15
Lots of other dangers, like nukes	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#24
We're getting better, although this example is simply anecdotal.	Aristus	Sep 2017	#16
That's the reason we face economic hardship	sharedvalues	Sep 2017	#22
As Japan's population shrinks, bears and boars roam where schools and shrines once thrived (LAT)	dalton99a	Sep 2017	#25
Bears and boars buy beers at bars and board barges bound for Borneo	Orrex	Sep 2017	#27
When and if we get old we then hope we will all be able to care for ourselves	nolabels	Sep 2017	#28
Here's the biggest reason why the US birth rate is declining.	roamer65	Sep 2017	#34

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