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returnee

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3. Ya know...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 05:23 PM

Apr 22

…there was a whole generation, called the Baby Boomers(fancy that), which came about during a period of economic boom across classes following WW II. Oh, and taxes on the rich were high. He could try that…oh, wait…

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The New Baby Boom: How the White House is looking to jumpstart the nation's birth rate [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 22 OP

I agree with you there. It's ironic that the so-called "pro-family" politicians are the ones that Vogon_Glory Apr 22 #1

"Honey, let's get one in the oven for Trump!" is just putrid bucolic_frolic Apr 22 #2

Ya know... returnee Apr 22 #3

Yup. Back then a whole family could live off 1 salary--and own a house. SunSeeker Apr 22 #9

two words: GopherGal Apr 22 #4

LOL!!! Women are never returning to the home. valleyrogue Apr 22 #5

So, gut public ed, SNAP, no childcare, maternal death rate high as 3rd world countries... CousinIT Apr 22 #6

Without paid family leave and affordable childcare, there will be no baby boom. SunSeeker Apr 22 #7

They mean the white birth rate. alarimer Apr 22 #8

Cylon baby farms? tanyev Apr 22 #10

Eloon is trying to solve the problem by himself, but no woman wants to fuck him. madinmaryland Apr 22 #11

OK I'll say it: A woman would have to be crazy to have children in this country as it is now. rickyhall Apr 22 #12

Many of us have opted out Iris Apr 22 #14

If you want people to have babies, make life worth living. Initech Apr 22 #13

Uhhh..... Gilead? electric_blue68 Apr 22 #15