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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

I wonder how they'll make it so it only applies to "Aryan" children. Hitler did the same shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 points 24 minutes ago

So conservatives want smaller government and less taxes but they're totally fine with their tax dollars being used to bribe women to give birth?

So they're stupid?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 hour ago

Ah yes, the conservatives plan to boost the birth rate has finally come to bear a rotten fruit:

  • People can't afford to have kids
  • People can't afford to feed kids
  • People can't afford to shelter kids
  • Therefore they won't have able bodied kids to keep the retirement and tax doles fulfilled
  • Nor will they have able bodied soldiers for war

But they're boosting the birth rate! (they aren't, actually, the rate will be even more in decline since the replacement rate in the US was held up by immigration like in most countries, and dumbfuck's actions have brought a stop to that).

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 35 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This wouldn't even cover the hospital bill for most people lol.

And since hospitals know moms will be getting an extra 5k they will just add that into the cost somehow. /s

[–] twei@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 hours ago

No need to put a /s there

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
  • A: This is the 'bad' kind of incentive. My mom worked in a hospital where people would come in pregnant, tons of neglected kids in tow, asking how much wellfare they could get for the next kid. Stuff like vouchers for school, care, healthcare and stuff doesn't incentive that.

  • B: It's hilariously inadequate and out-of-touch. $5K for childcare these days is a joke, even as a nice supplement.

...But that's the point. This is for show, like Trump's COVID checks with his signature on them. It's a brand to tell people "Hey! I'm Trump, and I'm helping you!" directly, a decent idea poorly implemented for PR purposes. It's also hilariously hypocritical, seeing how much 'blank check hand-outs' were criticized for decades.

[–] Rawdogg@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago

The average cost of delivering a baby in the US, including pre- and post-delivery expenses, is roughly $18,865. However, this figure can vary significantly, just gotta come up with the other 14000 dollars lol do Amerikans know other countries don't gouge their citizens for everything including birth? Land of the fee home of the slave

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Fash privileging heteronormativity in order to increase servitude and hasten planetary destruction? Fairly normal in our culture.

[–] Elkot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's free to give birth here

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 points 14 minutes ago

It's free to also commit murder.

It's the part afterwards that might maybe kinda be the issue.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 49 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

5000$ is a lot. In Germany you get only 250€

well, that'sper month until they're 27 (as long as they're still in school/university)
plus free healthcare for mother and child
plus free daycare (depending on the state)
plus free schools and universities
...

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

We can all hope once the nazis leave, we too can be a civilized country.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 1 points 13 minutes ago

If it's like the civil war, we'll kick them out and then build statues and name bases after them.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 11 points 3 hours ago

I'm with you here, but we need to keep in mind that the nazis never "leave". We'll need to forever and continually keep these bastards from power.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You forgot maternity leave, something the 'mricans don't know, either.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

whats leave

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 hours ago

He should know that you can't buy that many diapers with $5k.

Unless he doesn't do his own diaper shopping I guess...

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 5 hours ago

With the tariffs that hardly helps.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 30 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Wages have not kept up with productivity and GDP increases since the 1970s.

How about making single income middle class families possible again, so you can have one stay at home parent.

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