For the first time since 1850, when the U.S. Census Bureau started recording nativity data, immigration accounted for the entire growth of the U.S. population between 2022 and 2023, amid falling U.S. birth rates.
Back in the day, one Union job could pay for a family of four with a few luxuries and a reasonable nest egg.
In 1960, minimum wage was $1.00/hour and the average US home was $11,000.00
Anyone could afford to start a family.
Today, you can have two people on minimum wage living together can’t afford to go to a concert every week, much less raise a kid.
Well, I earn $75/hr and there’s no way in hell I’d ever consider a home that costs $8,250,000! I wonder if your numbers are off.
Well, the concert every week thing is an issue regarding ticket inflation caused by Ticketmaster and their subsidiaries; but I digress.
As for raising a kid, yeah, they’re expensive and everything is pretty shit now. I’m sure most people that want to raise a kid in a good environment want to have a home first (I know I did), and that’s effectively impossible right now.
The other part, kids are hit with tons of extra fees these days. Nothing is included, everything cost extra, and it adds up. For example I don’t think there is a week that goes by were his school is not asking for donations or setup some dumb event that requires more money. Like pajama day cost $2 if they want to participate… Sports is not only a fee anymore but you have to pay for everything extra and uniforms as well which is funny because they are normally sponsored which i thought meant that business donated the money or uniforms so we didnt have to. Everything is nickle and dimed these days, which also doesn’t help.
So you’re saying kids these days are published with a buncha DLC and microtransactions?!
Yes!
What the fuck? Paying for the privilege to wear pajamas? That’s bullshit. I’m glad we haven’t had to deal with that yet. My little one gets to earn bringing a stuffy to school, and sometimes they just have fun days. But paying is horrible. I feel bad for the families who just can’t afford it. Then the kids get made fun of. It’s a horrible cycle.
So I have 11 children and am the sole income for my family. Most of my working life I’ve made median or below median income. I’m open to questions for anyone who wants to know how we made this work.
Why anyone would want to come here is beyond me.
Because we fucked upthose countries
Believe it or not, other countries can be significantly worse in many ways, even if that seems to be changing by the hour.
I guess so. Seems like we’re speed running that.
this is the only explanation of Trump’s actions that allow him any amount of rational thinking
immigration accounted for the entire growth of the U.S. population between 2022 and 2023
Back when things were looking much brighter than they are now.
US Imperialism colonization damaged their original country.
Might want to check out the list of colonial countries by UK and France.
Spain as well if we’re referring to migrants from Central and South America
also high immigration countries
People go there too. I heard uk is a Muslim country now.
It’s a shame you don’t own a device that supports a search engine like ‘AskJeeves.’
Then you could check and find out the truth instantly.
LOL. I wish my comments above the one you replied to were clear that the one you replied to was a sarcastic comment. Thanks for sharing the link though, and please save your anger for Ketamusk, who continues to exploit workers in Asia to produce fascist cars.
It’s 2025 and satire/sarcasm are dead.
I’m sure there are people who absolutely believe that London has no churches and you can’t walk a block in NYC without being attacked.
Because literally every country south of the US is worse, with the exception of New Zealand, a few island nations, and maybe Australia.
They can make more money working. That’s about it.
No, some nations are still less safe.
I’m afraid this is the only real story that motivates Trumpism at this point. The entire project of the right is to “rebalance” the color gradient of the US.
Without paying a dime for it
Aka: socializing all the losses and reaping all the profits. Protected but not bound, rewarded but not working/contributing
Or also the only increase in workforce the U.S. will see.
But the story should be about declining birth rates. Instead it’s scary brown people
The source here is Migration Policy Institute…
Why would they report on the declining birth rates.
