• tintory@lemm.ee
    hexagon
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    1 year ago

    "In fact if your social spending is geared towards having more babies, it most likely won’t be."

    Except most right wing states hate any and all social spending all together, especally in the US and the UK

    • merridew@feddit.uk
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      edit-2
      1 year ago

      The right-wing government of Hungary spends around 5% of its GDP on policies to to "get Hungarian women to breed".

      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/baby-bonuses-fit-the-nationalist-agenda-but-do-they-work

      • tintory@lemm.ee
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        Most right wing states

        Hungary may be an exception to the rule, but the rule generally stands, considering the shit Sunak and Trump are up to in their respective countries

        Especially in the case of the states where the GOP end the US’s expanded child benefit