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The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 75 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (13 children)

$1500, once

$500/month for the first 12 months

That helps, but that's a far cry from "born into poverty" solutions

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For people on the edge, this would make all the difference in the world and allow them to sleep at night.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

For sure. I'm all for it.

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