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🤰$5K for having a baby? That’s cute.

Giving birth (with insurance) costs an average of $19K, with women paying $3K out of pocket. 💸

Caring for an infant in the first year costs $10-23K. 💰💰💰
(www.newyorklife.com/articles/bre...)

These are not serious ideas.
Health costs associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Pregnancy is one of the most common reasons for a hospitalization among non-elderly people. In addition to the cost of the birth itself, pregnancy care also involves costs associated with prenatal vis...
www.healthsystemtracker.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Abolishing the Department of Education will further decimate rural schools...

And, for what? The Dept of Ed does not write curriculum -- that is done at the local and state level. The funding from the department mostly supports economically disadvantaged school systems. The poorest schools...
February 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM