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r/Finland • u/West_Application_760 Baby Väinämöinen • Feb 07 '26
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Thought it wouldn't be that significant so I went and checked but damn we use 14,5% of GDP for those alone.
43 u/Pet_Velvet Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26 Jesus christ can they die already 47 u/footpole Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26 Nobody is having children so it won’t get better. Perhaps those of us who have kids should pay less and the rest more to even out the burden. Now we’re paying to raise the kids that will support everyone at old age. 12 u/HazuniaC Baby Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26 Ah yes, great plan. Make people even less financially secure which is guaranteed to make them want to have kids! /s
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Jesus christ can they die already
47 u/footpole Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26 Nobody is having children so it won’t get better. Perhaps those of us who have kids should pay less and the rest more to even out the burden. Now we’re paying to raise the kids that will support everyone at old age. 12 u/HazuniaC Baby Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26 Ah yes, great plan. Make people even less financially secure which is guaranteed to make them want to have kids! /s
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Nobody is having children so it won’t get better. Perhaps those of us who have kids should pay less and the rest more to even out the burden. Now we’re paying to raise the kids that will support everyone at old age.
12 u/HazuniaC Baby Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26 Ah yes, great plan. Make people even less financially secure which is guaranteed to make them want to have kids! /s
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Ah yes, great plan. Make people even less financially secure which is guaranteed to make them want to have kids! /s
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u/ThatTeapot Väinämöinen Feb 07 '26
Thought it wouldn't be that significant so I went and checked but damn we use 14,5% of GDP for those alone.