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$18,000 to pay for contraception? That is 150 years worth of The Pill.
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$18,000 to pay for contraception? That is 150 years worth of The Pill.
It costs about 1/4 million to raise and educate a child.
It costs about 1/4 million to raise and educate a child.
$18,000 to pay for contraception? That is 150 years worth of The Pill.
Does the letter represent a kid writing to mom? That would be bad parenting skills.
One thing we do know is that according to the 2012 CIA World Factbook, the life expectancies of socialist nations with public healthcare systems are longer than in capitalist ones that don't!CIA World Factbook
Country Comparison :: Life expectancy at birth (2012)
Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Rank - country - (years)
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3. Japan (83.91 years)
9. Australia (81.90 years)
10. Italy (81.86 years)
12. Canada (81.48 years)
14. France (81.46 years)
15. Spain (81.27 years)
16. Sweden (81.18 years)
17. Switzerland (81.17 years)
18. Israel (81.07 years)
19. Iceland (81.00 years)
21. Netherlands (80.91 years)
25. New Zealand (80.71 years)
26. Ireland (80.32 years)
27. Norway (80.32 years)
28. Germany (80.19 years)
29. Jordan (80.18 years)
30. United Kingdom (80.17 years)
31. Greece (80.05 years)
33. Austria (79.91 years)
36. European Union (79.76 years)
37. Luxembourg (79.75 years)
38. Belgium (79.65 years)
40. Finland (79.41 years)
41. Korea, South (79.30 years)
45. Bosnia and Herzegovina (78.96 years)
48. Denmark (78.78 years)
49. Portugal (78.70 years)
50. United States (78.49 years)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
$18,000? What kind of fool would pay that much money for contraception?
It just seems longer.
It costs about 1/4 million to raise and educate a child.
Yet people who can't afford to feed them just keep on having them.