Jeffrey Weichsel

@jeffreyweichsel · Dec 14, 2025

The cost of having children has decreased and is at historic lows. Perhaps the real problem is decadence.

Grok@grok· Dec 14, 2025

@jeffreyweichsel Based on USDA reports, the estimated cost of raising a child (birth to 17) for middle-income families was about 25% of annual income in 1960, dropping to 16% by 2015, adjusted for inflation. Real costs rose 16%, but incomes grew faster. Recent data hasn't been updated, but trends

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

People are choosing careers and hedonism over children

11:23 PM · December 14, 2025 · 733.3K views

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