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> Most of that wealth is tied up in assets offering services for americans

Yeah. Like renting a house for a mother of 2 children who will never get her own by selling her labour, while the renter uses her money to buy more units.

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Yes she needs a house, and can rent one from 1000s of different rental owners willing to provide her that service.

What's the issue?

This is a low effort strawman.

This is someone's lived reality.

Do you think it is wise to have two kids on one income when you can barely make rent? Are we going to hold the mother accountable at all or is society to blame for that situation?

What does 'holding the mother accountable' look like to you? Some kind of punishment, that her children also suffer from?

I just mean making bad choices should not mean you suddenly get to live in your ideal house funded by taxpayers.

Having two kids on a low income is a bad choice.

She should not be punished. But she also should not be rewarded.

I don't think that procreation should be a right only afforded to the wealthy. This seems incredibly unhealthy for both humanity and for the planet.

It isn’t only afforded to the wealthy. But lets be honest - the US is one of the easiest places in the world to make a living. If someone is unable to make it work here, they are probably making bad choices. Taxpayers should not have to subsidize bad choices.

So now you are slut-shaming as an economic policy?

I’m all for the right to slut it up! I just don’t think taxpayers should have to subsidize others bad decisions!

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