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Question to Americans, is it a secret way to make poor people not have children?
No. The rich want poor people to crack out kids to fill up the military and create downward salary pressure on the working class.
Not to mention, being poor usually means poorly educated which means easily manipulated by the corporate media.
Shhh you aren't supposed to let people in on the plan. Just think what would happen if they learned to read and saw this.
I assume you're downvoted by someone who's oblivious to the concept of sarcasm.
But I'll add that even if they read this, we can always ban abortions so their whole life is fucked and they become good and obedient -slaves- workers
That's a steady supply of cannon fodder for a couple decades.
If it is, it's a bad one lol. Poor people tend to have more kids, just in general, and that doesn't change in the states.
No I think it's the opposite. They expect people to get pregnant and have kids (though with abortion and birth control that is happening less- hence targeting those recently). This is designed to make sure they stay poor so that the wage slave class stays well populated.
Actually it's easier to pay hospital bills when you're poor. You either go to a non-profit hospital and ask for charity, where they'll wipe your bill clean if you make too little, or you just don't pay the bill. What's bankruptcy if you're too poor to have credit anyways?
You have never been poor have you? I can guarantee you that it is not that easy.
Having assets and credit are too very different things. And forcing some one in to poor credit can affect them for decades. Making it difficult or impossible to do simple things like have a bank or finding a place to rent. That is why it is called a cycle of poverty. Once you get the label of poor. It can be very hard to remove that label even if you are hardworking and have a stable job. Live become more expensive making it even harder to get out of poverty.
Plus if you think bankruptcy is an easy or quick process. I hope you never have to go through it.
I have been poor if you consider making 15k a year for five years and having to live with three other people to make ends meet poor. Also, I was being somewhat facetious.
what about a midde class person? someone that makes enough to be able to pay 20k, but meaning that would be their savings
The actual middle class generally has a job that gives health insurance which will pay for it almost entirely. If you don't, you're probably not middle class unfortunately
While it's a fact that the middle class is shrinking, I think you're miscalibrated.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4631736
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/middle-class-americans-crushed-rising-health-insurance-costs/story?id=67131097
https://www.forbes.com/sites/debgordon/2022/03/30/with-inflation-rising-medical-costs-hurt-the-middle-class-most-new-report-shows/
You're describing what people used to think "middle class" meant. These days, we all know that health insurance doesn't cover nearly as much as you want it to. Costs have skyrocketed in the last few years, let alone decades.