Global birth rates are in decline, a trend that governments find alarming. A dwindling population could lead to a host of economic and social issues, but the policy responses have been largely ineffective. Financial incentives for families, like direct payments, tax breaks, and subsidized child care, have been deployed, but with little impact. This reveals a deeper, fundamental issue.
To understand the decline, it's crucial to figure out why couples are having fewer children. The common responses are either a lack of interest or financial constraints. While we should respect the choice not to have children, it's the financial concern that needs addressing.
Having children has become an expensive undertaking. From medical costs related to childbirth to time off work, government-mandated expenses like car seats, and the added costs of larger living spaces and education, families are stretched thin financially. Even households with two earners often struggle to make ends meet, making it harder to consider expanding the family.
The decline of single-earner households, where one parent could stay home to raise children, can be traced back to the massive expansion of rent seeking. The bureaucratic state has increased massively in all sorts of industries, and the inflation that has funded their expansion has driven up all kinds of costs, including essential resources like health care, education and housing. Both parents often need to work just to maintain a moderate standard of living.
A significant reason for these inflated costs is the fiat monetary system. Inflation has eroded the savings and earning power of average families, compelling both parents to enter the workforce. Moreover, real estate prices have soared, making it challenging for families to afford larger homes that could accommodate more children.
In essence, the decline in birth rates is not a consequence of individual choice or even culture but a byproduct of a kleptocratic monetary system that has made child-rearing unaffordable. Unless structural changes are made to restore the financial viability of having larger families, any superficial policy incentives are unlikely to reverse the declining birth rates. These economic incentives are giving back to families just a tiny portion of what's being stolen through the fiat monetary system. Stopping this inflationary theft would empower families to have more children, but such a move would require political will that is currently lacking.
What we need is a new monetary system and the path is not through political reform, but through the adoption of a new money. Bitcoin really is the fix for low birth rates.
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Just take away women's rights.
JIMMY NEVER REPLIES TO COMMENTS BECAUSE HE'S JUST SHILLING HIS PROPAGANDA
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He doesn't want discussion, he just wants your fucking money and for you to believe every bullshit he be spewing
jimmy song is just another fiat miner who is trying to shill is agenda which is just "anti-fiat"
being fiat means being a goddamn capitalist and that's what @jimmysong actually is
Your iq is smaller than an epsilon minus a delta
just keep drinking jimmy's kool aid and buy his book that's gonna do nothing to actually "fix" the situation you pawn plebeian
you don't reply to my point just like jimmy because you can't actually come up with a reply (unlike everyone else in this thread who has the eyes, ears, and balls to disagree with his obviously retarded statement)
wee woo apologies fellow users we've got some special snowflake syndrome on aisle retard
a wandering ego npc is acting wildly out of pocket
beware of approaching him with rational thought coated in mild sarcasm or else he might shit his diapers (once again... this isn't the first time this ego npc has shit his diapers in public)
beware he is deaf to any and all outside points of view as he's spent extended time reverberating in an echo chamber of his own delusions so do not try to approach him else he might lash out
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