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[MG]

Op 14-mrt.-2020 om 14:31 schreef Phillip Helbig (undress to reply):
> Yes, the USA is broken.  We know that.
> 
> In civilized countries, there is free or heavily subsidized health care.
> There are few stay-at-home parents, not because they are out partying,
> but because both are working.  With a couple of kids, one needs to be at
> home for a few years at most---not worth giving up a career for.  As a
> result of both working, the standard of living is high.  People have
> children because they want them and spend a lot of time with them
> outside of working hours (which might be only 20--35 hours per week).
> Thanks to sex education and readily available contraceptives, there are
> practically no unwanted children.

How many children do you have?  I hear that in the Federal Republic
the birth rates are rather low, like in much of Western Europe for
that matter.

  - MG