really, how is student debt crippling? if you go to a state school and get a high earning stem degree you'll pay it off in no time, besides which the interest rates are really low. Sure if you go to Brown for a history degree with no scholarships and don't bother to take a part time job then you may find yourself up shit creek, but that's hardly behavior I want my tax dollars subsidizing.
But don't get me wrong, I'm all for you not having children. Fewer people is one way to solve our climate issues.
- Paid parental leave is inadequate
- Child care is obscenely expensive
- Putting my child through a good school district might make me house-poor.
- I'm not sure I can save my child from crippling Student debt without killing my retirement savings.
- The looming climate disaster that my child might have to go through.
Given all these factors, it doesn't make sense for me to consider having children, I'd rather enjoy the life I have with my partner.