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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

That roughly the total on what was saved with doge.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

What are the odds this is just Clinton's $5,000 Baby Bond, which was just giving them a fund at birth that they can cash out when they turn 18?

Except this time there's no guardrails and he can give it to all his cryptobro friends.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

That looks more like 50k, 5k can easily go in pants pockets.

[–] Nerrad@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

So weird. These are the same imbiciles complaining about welfare babies.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 32 points 10 hours ago

Trade:

  • One person's wages

For:

  • Mortgage payments on a reasonably sized house
  • All bills
  • Food for two adults plus children
  • Entertainment

Then you might see more babies.

It was their greed that caused this.

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

We need to feed the ones we have now

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago

They sure do act like it's the 1930s alright...

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Daycare is free where I live. It has to be. You can't expect people to pay for public services themselves; that's done with taxes. Corporations can't have customers or employees without people, and to get people to make more people, you have to make it easier for them. So what makes the most sense is cutting corporation porfits, which they don't need past a limit if they aren't investing in things that will benefit the public. So if a corporation isn't doing anything good, raise their taxes, use them to pay for daycare.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 17 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

I used to work as a teller at a bank. That bag of money is over 100k.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

No, no, you see, that is the bag of money DOGE found to fund all of those $5k babies.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 hours ago

You mean, they're using irrelevant and unrelated content in the message for shock value?

Impossible.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I was surprised that bands of 20s could add up, but then I remember how you can fit a million dollars in a suitcase with 100s lol

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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?

[–] andxz@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

You just now noticed they're complete idiots? :D

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Adoption services are going to go wild! Hospitals too with infant detox programs. It's the new plasma!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 hours ago

They won't call them Aryan, but it will be the same shit. They'll call it something like Christian babies or some nonsense; then use that as a smokescreen for their racism.

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 47 points 14 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 31 points 13 hours ago

No need to put a /s there

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago

They're not making policy for people who can do math.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 20 points 12 hours 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).

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

5000 for diapers and clothes in the first (or any) year? How?

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Babies expensive, yo.

Not just diapers, but formula is expensive, as is wipes, clothes, all the shit you need for them really.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Napkin math. A box of Huggies size 1 diapers sells at 10.50 for 32 diapers, or roughly 30 cents each. My newborn spoiled a diaper about 7 to 8 times a day on average, it let's easy say 2.50 a day, 356 days or about 912 dollars in diapers for the first year.

That doesn't count wipes, powder, up sizes as they grow. I suppose you could go premier diapers as well, but yeah there's probably an easy 3000 gap on clothes

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Don't forget medical visits and one other thing... Hmmm, what was it again that almost half of children born end up needing again? Oh yeah, baby formula.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 25 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 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.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 57 points 18 hours ago (7 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 22 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This was the whole problem, they've been here all along.

We thought we beat them in the civil war, they just hunkered down and changed the name of slavery to Jim crow.

Now they think this is their moment.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

Same thoughts here. Once they're beaten, no "reconstruction" can be offered this time around. They'll need to re-assimilate into our society.

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[–] Rawdogg@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Is that the cost without insurance? Or with? Because it seems low to me. I had a 4 night stay in a detox clinic and they charged my insurance $32,000.

“Land of the fee, home of the slave” Jesus fucking Christ that’s a fucking great line. You come up with that or is it a quote from someone/something?

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

I agree. “Land of the Fee, Home of the Slave” Excellent!!

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