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1. dzink+Y6[view] [source] 2025-09-09 14:57:09
>>toomuc+(OP)
This is fantastic! I hope they succeed and there is no abuse or other issues, because it will show how much an economy can grow when women are allowed to work to their full potential. Families who were previously in poverty because the mom would struggle to pay for childcare to work can now have assurance kids are ok while the mom can pursue jobs, start her own small business (huge chunk of businesses are small businesses ran by women) and prosper. If you pose your child’s safety vs another dollar, most parents would vote for their children. But if the children are taken care of, parents can give the economy their best and the taxes paid and GDP gained will pay back for the expense manyfold.
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2. WD-42+59[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:06:37
>>dzink+Y6
You realize a lot of people actually prefer to give their child their best instead of outsourcing it so they can focus on bettering the economy, right?
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3. dzink+r9[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:07:19
>>WD-42+59
And with this option they can have that choice. Right now, many don’t.
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4. Ajedi3+ce[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:23:55
>>dzink+r9
With this option, they are now financially penalized for making that choice in order to subsidize those who don't. I'm not so sure that's a good thing.
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5. Murome+kg[view] [source] 2025-09-09 15:31:13
>>Ajedi3+ce
This exact mindset of minmaxing everything is how the society stops having kids.
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6. Ajedi3+2E[view] [source] 2025-09-09 16:57:31
>>Murome+kg
People are going to respond to incentives whether you think they should or not.

I think it's less "mindsets" that have changed so much as the incentives themselves. People no longer need to have kids in order to have sex or to have a comfortable retirement, so many simply don't. Though I'd agree there's certainly a mindset shift that has developed along with that.

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7. Murome+Ad2[view] [source] 2025-09-09 23:24:55
>>Ajedi3+2E
There is responding to incentives and there is adopting 10 kids to farm child subsidy/benefits.
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