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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 11h \ parent \ on: Russia is paying people to have babies - will it work? econ

i would argue that the irresponsible people are the ones doing most of the birthing, sure what it looks like to me sometimes !

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 10h

Absolutely, and it seems to me that putting such incentives (money for babies) is going to exacerbate the problem ("cobra effect") more than it will convince sensible people to have more babies.