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Marthe48

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21. Fewer children means more disposable income for families

Reply to nmmi (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:32 PM

Dec 31

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If you have a passle of poor kids, you feed them bread and beans. If you have 2 wanted kids, you can afford education and other perks. You get enough people educated, all hell breaks loose. ZPG went by the boards because the megalomaniacs don't want competition from a healthy middle class for goods and services.

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Fewer children means more disposable income for families Marthe48 Dec 31 #21