2 Dec 2022 6:21 am
Vegas » 01 Dec 2022, 1:53 pm » wrote: ↑ I would say it's far more than 50% that can't afford it. They have kids anyway, though they can't afford to support them adequately. Thus, the government writes them checks.
America, generally speaking, has been founded on the idea that everyone should have equal opportunity to attain their own wealth. This is a beautiful theory, but hardly crosses over to application. As soon as we liberated ourselves from Britain, we used exploitation, not freedom for all, as a means to accumulate wealth. It hasn't changed. Therefore, there will always be more than 50% who left out to dry.
I agree that far more than 50% cannot afford it. And that means this country is literally dying of poverty. We are many times more poor than bangladesh, for example. All the silly measures like gdp do not matter...the bottom line is that the vast majority of people in the usa cannot afford to reproduce while in Bangladesh they can afford 6 children per family on average. Whatever the reason for that...cost of living...higher wages...whatever. they have a far superior economy to the usa.