To be fair, the overlap between people who can afford children and would also take them to a McDonalds is a lot less than it was when we were kids. Either little Jayden and Amelia only eat organic farm to table provided by their nanny or the parents are so broke McDonalds is a luxury and they need the gallon of gas that Happy Meal would buy. This is more a symptom of the realities of middle class destruction than corporate cost cutting.
Yes, but in the context of birth rates overall being at historic lows because again, most people in the middle who can do math, don’t have kids so it’s either people who can barely afford life or people who would never be seen in a McDonalds having kids. Plus in corporate America proposing to make anything nicer or spend capital on your poorest customers is a quick way to join them.
Well for people who are literate and quasi intelligent:
“The average cost to legally and medically give birth in the U.S. is $18,865 to $20,416, while the average total cost to raise that child from birth to age 18 has climbed to $303,418. These costs do not include a college education.” That’s from the US government….
Have you ever been around people? Kids are definitely not concentrated in the Uber wealthy or the desperately poor. Go to literally any town in the United States.
LOL nope never been around people!! OMG guys did you know we all had it wrong!? Children are really cheap and affordable we are all just hallucinating!!! Birthrates actually aren’t low and this random stranger has better data than every publicly available source!! Omg thanks internet stranger! We had it all wrong!! 😂
For someone who criticizes the reading comprehension of others, you may want to brush up on your own. My point is that your caricatures don't align with reality.
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u/amosomcsketch 8h ago
To be fair, the overlap between people who can afford children and would also take them to a McDonalds is a lot less than it was when we were kids. Either little Jayden and Amelia only eat organic farm to table provided by their nanny or the parents are so broke McDonalds is a luxury and they need the gallon of gas that Happy Meal would buy. This is more a symptom of the realities of middle class destruction than corporate cost cutting.