We had this in Australia for a while, where there was no hospital costs for birth, and almost 20 years ago, so it was a considerable help. The conservatives started claiming people were having babies just to get the money and then spending it on big TV's and other luxuries.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2025
810 points (98.3% liked)
People Twitter
8468 readers
2002 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician. Archive.is the best way.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Remember the stimulus checks that covered approximately 15 days' worth of rent?
load more comments
(1 replies)
Isn’t it like ~$310,000 to raise a kid to 17? That’s, what, 2% of what is needed after the poor child is born? And some woman is going to decide to let a guy nut in her for $5000?
Even Elon pays better than this
load more comments
(1 replies)
"Why aren't people having kids?"
You know, aside from the world being on fire
Why only after the baby is born? Is there something significant about the moment of birth or something?
Aye. Try and convict them as an adult and then they're free labor.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Have 4 kids.
5k is couch money when you have kids. It'll maybe take care of a few months of daycare. Now if you're on gov assistance and make next to nothing? This will be great, but don't expect to get a job or climb out of poverty with 5k. A kid will eat that up super fast.