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Pay Day with demographer Liz Allen: 'Poverty grants perspective that can never be bought' (www.abc.net.au)
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This bit resonated.

It makes me so terribly sad that in a society such as ours the wealthy keep creating new means to harm the less lucky.

That aside, Alan Kholer has also opined in the past that our economics policy is based on disdain.

I know many will read my financial experiences and see failure. I haven't failed; I succeeded when the odds were totally stacked against me. I made good what life threw at me. I survived … with my values intact.

I can only agree.

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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Firstly, I have never said children are a "waste" of money, I have only said that raising them impacts one's financial situation.

As for how the two are different: an abortion is a standalone cost. A child is an ongoing cost lasting at least 18 years, quite possibly much longer if one aspires to be a supportive parent.