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          My co-worker paid $39,000 two years ago. It was ~$25,000 for us ~14 years ago.

          That’s without insurance, right?

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          Fuck. When i was born, i had to spend some time in an incubator. My mom fell in a coma and woke up 1 month later. We were in the hospital the whole time.

          Tons of exams for my mom …

          This would have ruined my parents, if i would have been born in the USA, which almost happened.

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          And don’t forget the cost of caring for a kid is somewhere in the realm of $10k over the first year.

          P.S. Always request an itemized bill from hospitals. Magically the amount owed will go down.

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        It’s all in what insurance, and the hospital ital costs are only the beginning

        About 18 years ago we were pretty well covered: deductible wasn’t bad. But other people talked about first year supplies. You also have multiple doctor visits so even if it’s just deductible it starts adding up. Then we had an allergy thing where special food was $1,400/month - luckily we only had to pay a few months while arguing with insurance

        Then we arrive at today. All those years of kid expenses made it tough to save, but now we have college expenses and the current administration is cutting financial aid

        We need so much more than $5k to raise kids

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        Depends on your insurance. I had 2 C-sections, both qualified by my doctors as “medically necessary,” and good insurance, so everything was covered. Note: it was in the 1990s, insurers have become increasingly dickish about that “medically necessary” qualification.

        Also note: It’s not the initial cost, it’s the maintenance. My now-adults are priceless, but it’s been a lot of money!

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    Cost of raising a middle-income child in the US to age 18 (excludes college/university) is around $375,000 pre-cost increase due to the amazing economic changes. But hey, $5k sure sounds worth it! /s

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    And those that are uneducated or downright stupid will fall for it. Those that aren’t, will continue not to because nobody can afford to have kids and they know 5k doesn’t do shit.

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      100%. I think I read over the course of life from 0 to 18 years of age it costs about 100K to raise a kid.

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      Nah, I see this plan not as paying people for kids, but subsidizing the quiverful and other “women are broodmares” sorts at the expense of the whole population. Because that’s already his base, and more money means more speech in America.

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    I want to say “that’s a pathetic amount” but given how many ads I saw offering “cash in hand” for people to refinance their car loan right around Christmas… I’m not confident Americans will turn this down.

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      And for the other 175 months you can just go f yourself because we care about fetuses, we do not care about children