美国政府为何无法说服美国人要孩子？

@ianbattles7290
Five thousand dollars wouldn't even cover the cost of going to the hospital to have the baby.
 
五千美元连去医院生孩子的费用都不够。
 
@mrs.g7795
It’s not an 18 year commitment. It’s a lifetime commitment.
 
这不是18年的承诺，而是一生的承诺。
 
@drjekelmrhyde
$5000 to have a kid, but we're going to cut every safety net.
 
5000美元生孩子，但我们要削减所有安全网。
 
@sammysamsam1415
Animals won’t breed in captivity unless certain conditions are met
 
动物如果在圈养中，除非满足特定条件，否则不会繁殖。
 
@egl3369
People can't afford kids. It's honestly that simple.
 
人们负担不起孩子，实话实说，就是这么简单。
 
@ledwysdelgado7304
You don't have kids because your nation asks for them. You have them because you want them and you can give them a good life.
 
你不会因为国家要求你生孩子而生孩子，你是因为你想要孩子，并且能够给他们一个好的生活。
 
@firstnamelastname9215
I’m not putting my kids through any of this. They don’t deserve this world.
 
我不会让我的孩子经历这一切，他们不值得生活在这个世界上。
 
@LuisPereztpa
No affordable healthcare, no houses, or price of houses extremely high, no WFH, Work over 40 hrs a week, everything is worse than before, only get 15 day vacation out of the whole year..... I wonder why we are not having more kids??
 
没有负担得起的医疗保健，房子没有，或者房价极其高，没有远程工作，每周工作超过40小时，一切比以前更糟，一年只有15天的假期……我真不知道为什么我们没有生更多的孩子？
 
@PermaFrost810
Better headline is: “Government desperately needs new crop of tax slaves to maintain their power and continue enriching themselves and their donors.”
 
更好的标题是：“政府迫切需要新一批税收奴隶来维持他们的权力，并继续让自己和他们的捐赠者变得更富裕。”
 
@323johnnybravo
1 bedroom apartments are $1,600 dollars while median income is like 40k. We can't afford to take care of oursleves. Greed is the downfall of our society.
 
一室公寓要1600美元，而中位收入大约是4万美元。我们连照顾自己都负担不起。贪婪是我们社会的败因。
 
@rareshippingbird4356
The wolves are upset that the sheep aren’t breeding
 
狼群不满羊群不繁殖了。
 
@mikeshafer
I just love how rich people are confused as to why the non-rich don't want to have kids.
 
我就喜欢那些富人不明白为什么不富的人不想生孩子。
 
@DanielJones-r9h
If you want people to have more kids, here's the recipe:
1) Universal healthcare
2) Free college and trade schools
3) Free daycare if both parents are working
4) Address the high cost of living by building affordable housing
5) Prison reform and a focus on treating drug addicts as patients, not criminals
These are all very easy solutions.
 
如果你想让人们生更多的孩子，这里有个方子：
全民医疗保健
免费大学和职业学校
如果父母双方都在工作，提供免费托儿所
通过建设负担得起的住房来解决高生活成本
监狱改革，专注于把吸毒成瘾者当做病人而不是罪犯 这些都是非常简单的解决方案。
 
@chrisfoxart
Kids!? I'm 33 and have literally watched America tear itself apart my entire life. Kids are last on my priority list- trying to navigate life is hard enough. America takes care of the billionaires, not us normal working class folks.
 
孩子！？我33岁，实际上我一生都在看着美国自我瓦解。孩子排在我的优先事项最后——生活本身就够难的了。美国照顾的是亿万富翁，而不是我们这些普通的工薪阶层。
 
@missteeny163
There are half a million kids in foster care. We can’t even care and support the kids we already have.
 
有50万孩子在寄养中。我们连现有的孩子都无法照顾和支持。
 
@g-forcepcrepair4347
Who wants to have kids when cost of living is up 10x from what our parents had ? It's unaffordable
 
在生活成本比我们父母那一代高出10倍的情况下，谁还想要孩子？这已经负担不起了。
 
@rossvoss5408
No one addresses the fact that less than half the population in America is even married.
A huge number of Americans are divorced and a large number of women don’t want children period!
 
没人关注这样一个事实：美国不到一半的人口结婚。
有很多美国人已经离婚，很多女性根本不想要孩子！
 
@Jose-rc3dl
I don't understand what's so hard for these morally corrupt politicians to understand, we CANT afford to.
 
我不明白这些道德败坏的政治家怎么还不明白，我们负担不起。
 
@kevinjefferson885
I guess all the rich people that benefit the most need to start having 10 kids each.
 
我猜那些从中获益最多的富人应该开始每人生10个孩子。
 
@Wiethebubbly
I’m 29, I’ve seen a lot of change just in 15 years. I’m not very confident in the path that America is going, I truly think greed will be the downfall of America.
 
我29岁，在过去的15年里，我看到了很多变化。我对美国的未来没有太多信心，我真心觉得贪婪将是美国的灭顶之灾。
 
@ragtagvagabond
Make life AFFORDABLE again and I’ll have 10 kids. But if I can’t afford a crappy 1 bedroom apartment with a full time, salary position… I can’t even get a cat.
 
让生活再次变得负担得起，我就会生10个孩子。但如果我连一个糟糕的一居室公寓都买不起，拿着全职薪水工作…我连养只猫都做不到。
 
@djp1234
I'm not bringing kids into this world.  The American dream is dead.  That pathetic $5k check won't even cover the hospital bill.
 
我不打算把孩子带到这个世界上。美国梦已经死了。那可怜的5000美元支票连医院账单都不够。
 
@quadraticequation8595
The federal minimum wage hasn’t gone up in 16 years, yet house prices and rent have quadrupled. Food quality has gone down and medical care is too costly.
 
联邦最低工资已经16年没有上涨了，但房价和租金却翻了四倍。食品质量下降，医疗费用太贵。
 
@kinesissado9636
Politicians know why people aren’t having kids and they know what it would take to fix it. The fact that they’re avoiding doing so is indicative of their actual motivations.
 
政治家知道人们为什么不生孩子，他们也知道需要做什么来解决问题。他们避而不谈的事实表明了他们真正的动机。
 
@valentinamarichal4128
Because one single $5,000 payment is not enough to cover daycare for more than 3 months
 
因为一次5000美元的支付根本不够支付超过3个月的托儿费。
 
@cyan1616
We've chosen to withhold their future source of underpaid labor.
These same people at the top are eliminating jobs and turning life itself into a source of revenue.
I would never curse my child with a life of struggle and poverty.
 
我们选择不再为他们提供未来的低薪劳动来源。
这些高层的人正在消除工作机会，将生活本身变成了收入的来源。
我永远不会让我的孩子过上困苦贫穷的生活。
 
@princellasmith7562
The number one reason is a lack of financial resources. I don’t care what anybody says. Many of us watched our parents struggle financially, and we remember being told “We can’t afford that.” so many times during our childhoods. We don’t want to go through that, and we don’t want to have a kid and put them through that.
 
最主要的原因是缺乏经济资源。我不在乎别人怎么说。我们中的许多人看着父母为经济挣扎，记得童年时常听到“我们买不起那个”这样的话。我们不想再经历那样的生活，也不想让孩子经历这些。
 
@joerogers4860
Imagine that, wage slaves don't want to have more wage slaves. But don't worry billionaires, you'll have robots to replace those selfish poors soon enough.
 
想象一下，劳动阶级不想生更多劳动阶级的孩子。但别担心，亿万富翁们，很快你们就会有机器人来取代那些自私的穷人。
 
@johnjurmu5669
60% of Americans can’t afford basic living expenses. 70% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
Low fertility rate is a mystery.
 
60%的美国人负担不起基本生活费用。70%的美国人活在月光之下。
低生育率真是个谜。

@markpatana2949
This comments section is probably more accurate than these experts. Average Americans can’t afford to have families period. It’s not focusing more on education, work, or careers for most. We do those things to try to make enough to survive. The negative correlation between housing prices and birth rates since 2008 should be a dead giveaway.
 
这个评论区可能比那些专家说的更准确。普通美国人根本负担不起家庭。
大多数人不是更专注于教育、工作或职业，而是为了赚足够的钱来生存。
2008年以来房价和出生率之间的负相关性应该早就能证明这一点。
 
@sammierose1150
I don’t like being around children. I don’t want to be a parent. I require 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep every single night. Plain and simple, it really is. That’s just the top three reasons off the top of my head. Feel free to reply to hear more
 
我不喜欢和孩子在一起。我不想做父母。
我需要每晚10小时不受打扰的睡眠。
简单明了，这就是我头脑中列出的前三个理由。如果你愿意回复，我可以告诉你更多。
 
@CzarTJT
The cost of childcare alone is probably convincing a lot of people that they can't afford to have kids.
 
单单是托儿费可能就让很多人觉得他们负担不起孩子。
 
@eligreg99
I’m 26 and have been told my entire life that if I can’t afford to have one then I shouldn’t have one. Maybe make the cost of living more affordable? I shouldn’t need 100k a year just to barely scrape by with a kid.
 
我26岁，从小就被告知如果负担不起孩子就不应该生孩子。也许应该让生活成本变得更负担得起？我不应该每年需要赚100k才能勉强养活一个孩子。
 
@chupacabra77
The reason we had a baby boom in the first place is because we taxed rich people, implemented social safety nets, and shaped the economy such that a single blue collar income could support a household in the suburbs while one parent stayed home. So maybe do something like that again.
 
我们曾经有过婴儿潮，原因是我们对富人征税，实施了社会安全网，并使经济运作方式如此安排，让一个蓝领收入就能支撑一个家庭，而一个家长可以待在家里。所以或许我们应该再做一些类似的事情。
 
@jadedoucet
We can’t afford houses, how can we afford children too?
 
我们负担不起房子，怎么能负担得起孩子呢？
 
@darrellyelity3648
$5000.00 for a woman to have a baby. What a f ing joke. Even I know it takes more money to raise that baby and I’m a straight single man.
 
生一个孩子需要5000美元。真是个笑话。就算我只是一个直男单身，我也知道养孩子需要更多的钱。
 
@Luisjoseglobal
I’m almost 30 and living a childfree life has tremendous perks. I would have kids if I were very wealthy and meet one hell of a woman.
 
我快30岁了，过着无子女生活，确实有很多好处。如果我很富有，而且遇到一个非常棒的女人，我会考虑要孩子。
 
@ogre706
Don't have to convince me, I WANT to start a family. But I don't want a crushing mountain of medical debt on my shoulders. Last time my wife and I tried to have a baby, it cost $10,000+ for delivery... plus some surprise medical testing bills came in over a year later. And we didn't even get a family in the end. We lost the baby.
When just about every institution in this country is a for-profit racket designed to make you broke, in debt and constantly working, it's difficult to feel inspired to introduce a child into this mess.
 
我不需要说服我，我想要开始一个家庭。但我不想背上沉重的医疗债务。上次我和妻子尝试怀孕，分娩费用超过了10,000美元……加上一些突如其来的医疗检查费用，直到一年后才收到。结果我们最后并没有孩子，我们失去了那个宝宝。
当这个国家几乎所有的机构都是为了赚钱、让你破产、让你负债并且一直工作时，很难感到有动力在这种混乱中带来一个孩子。
 
@karami8844
My parents had me in their late 30s so now that I’m in my 30s, I’m taking care of them now that they are disabled and sick. I’m too busy with elder care that I don’t have the energy to think about having kids and all the chaos they bring about.
 
我父母在30多岁时生了我，所以现在我已经30多岁，照顾他们，因为他们现在身体虚弱且生病。我忙于照顾老人，已经没有精力去考虑生孩子以及孩子带来的所有混乱了。
 
@mauliksharma
Best part of this video is where Trump claims he is pro fertility and in the next sentence slashes fertility research.
 
这个视频最精彩的部分是特朗普说他支持生育，接下来却在下一个句子里削减生育研究。
 
@Smashed_Potatos
Wage growth is the primary problem.  57% of Americans live paycheck to Paycheck including 72% of Gen-Z and 65% of Millennials.    $4500 child tax credit spread out over 12 months is $375 per month.  Raising a child for $375 per month is a laughable idea.
 
工资增长才是主要问题。57%的美国人都在月光下生活，包括72%的Z世代和65%的千禧一代。4500美元的儿童税收抵免，每月分摊就是375美元。用375美元养一个孩子，这个想法简直可笑。
 
@Daughtersofthedust
I just wanted to share that there are a significant number of women who no longer will do 100% of the domestic labor and child-rearing while working a full time.  These women want partners who will step up and do housework regularly such as: cooking, cleaning, feeding the children, working on the homework with the children, bath time etc.  If these women are unable to find a partner willing to be more egalitarian with the unpaid domestic labor of running a household and childcare, then they are just opting to remain single and child-free.
 
我只是想分享，实际上有很多女性不再愿意做100%的家务和育儿工作，同时还要全职工作。这些女性希望自己的伴侣能够承担家务工作，比如：做饭、打扫卫生、喂孩子、和孩子一起做作业、洗澡等。如果这些女性找不到一个愿意平等分担家务和育儿的伴侣，那么她们选择保持单身和不生孩子。
 
@DEATHxTHExKIDx1
None of thee actual issues in this country are being fixed. It just gets harder to live every year.
 
这个国家的真正问题都没有得到解决。每年活得更难。
 
@dutchvanderlinde5004
If you want Americans to have kids then people need to make enough money to survive and live. This is not rocket science. Wages have got to go up not continue to go down.
 
如果你想让美国人有孩子，那人们需要赚足够的钱来生存和生活。这不是火箭科学。工资必须上涨，而不是继续下降。
 
@FelipeHernandezCA
Tax the billionaires and redistribute that to fund better health care, child care, education, housing, etc. it’s really not complicated.
 
对亿万富翁征税，并将这些资金重新分配，用于改善医疗保健、儿童护理、教育、住房等。这真的不复杂。
 
@lockedin24
Blame corporations for squeezing Americans for every penny they have to line their pockets and appease investors. The majority of Americans can not afford to buy homes, and corporations are buying up single family homes and then charging ridiculous rent amounts.
 
怪罪那些为了充实自己的口袋和取悦投资者而榨取美国人每一分钱的企业。大多数美国人负担不起买房，而公司却在购买单户住宅并收取荒谬的租金。
 
@happycommuter3523
Not one mention in this video of women dying from pregnancy crises because of restrictive abortion laws in half the country.  I would never get pregnant in one of those states.  You’re literally risking your life.
 
这个视频里没有提到因限制堕胎法而导致的孕妇死亡问题，而这在美国一半的州都有发生。我绝对不会在这些州怀孕，简直是在拿生命去冒险。
 
@gsx600racer
If the US government can not figure out why Americans are not having kids, perhaps we need new people in government that know and understand the reason why
 
如果美国政府无法弄明白为什么美国人不愿意生孩子，也许我们需要一些懂得并理解这个问题的新政府成员。
 
@Del_987
Birth rates will stay low until people feel optimistic about the future. That means not worrying about parental leave, housing, having a financial hiccup bankrupt you. Birth rates picked up in 1941-1942 before the war ended and before we even entered the war officially. Why? We ramped up domestic manufacturing which had the side effect of giving people job security.
 
只有当人们对未来充满希望时，出生率才会保持较高水平。这意味着不用担心育儿假、住房问题，也不必担心一场财务危机让你破产。出生率在1941-1942年有所回升，甚至在我们正式加入二战之前。为什么？我们加强了国内制造业，这也给人们带来了工作保障。
 
@dave35311
60 year old here, best decision I’ve ever made was to not have kids. The most selfish thing you can do is have kids. You’re asking a human being to bear the burden of a human life because you want to be a parent, keep the economy going, fund SSI, etc
 
我今年60岁，做过的最好的决定就是不生孩子。你能做的最自私的事就是生孩子。你要求一个人承担生命的重担，只是因为你想做父母，保持经济运转，资助社会保障等。
 
@aaronsmith1474
My wife and I had kids. Each year has been a slog. We knew it would be expensive but not this expensive. We barely have any time for them because we are always working. There's never a break. I completely understand people who opt out.
 
我和妻子有了孩子。每一年都很艰难。我们知道会很贵，但没想到会这么贵。我们几乎没有时间陪他们，因为我们总是在工作。没有休息的时间。我完全理解那些选择不生孩子的人。
 
@cleverkins
The cost to have and raise one child in the US is prohibitive, despite tax bias toward marriage and child bearing. It is not the Federal government’s job to groom women to have children in order to boost the economy. Demanding women have children when the Feds are depriving funding for medical care, child care, education, housing, gainful employment and inclusiveness for all human beings is ludicrous.
 
在美国，生一个孩子的成本是巨大的，尽管政府对婚姻和生育有税收优惠。联邦政府没有责任鼓励女性生孩子以促进经济增长。要求女性生孩子，却又削减医疗保健、儿童照护、教育、住房、有偿就业以及对所有人的包容性资金，简直荒谬。
 
@brahmamama880
My prenatal care and hospital stay was 60k alone. I paid 12k out of pocket. That doesn't include the thousands spent on clothes, a crib, carseats, strollers, bottles, toys, diapers, and postpartum care.
 
我仅仅是产前护理和住院就花了6万美元。我自己支付了1.2万美元。这还不包括花在衣服、婴儿床、安全座椅、推车、奶瓶、玩具、尿布和产后护理上的几千美元。

@vgamesx1
The worst part is nobody will ever admit they're wrong, they will gaslight that you're the problem, you just aren't trying hard enough or whatever the excuse is to make themselves feel better, anything to punch down and then fight with each other instead of the oppressors.
 
最糟糕的是，没有人会承认自己错了，他们会推卸责任，说你有问题，或者是你没有努力够，或者找一些借口让自己感觉好一点，任何理由都能打压别人，然后互相争斗，而不是和压迫者斗争。
 
@Niaworldwide
So women who can barely afford housing should create more people who require 24/7 care, tons of resources and restrict the mother’s ability to earn income. Got it. It would be different if the average man made enough to provide for a family, but instead a few men are hoarding all of the money and property.
 
所以那些勉强负担得起住房的女性应该生更多需要24小时照料、消耗大量资源并限制母亲赚钱能力的孩子。明白了。如果平均男性能够提供足够的收入来养家，那会不一样，但现在只有少数男性在垄断所有的钱财和财产。
 
@LookoutDangerMouse
For a certain political party, it’s far more easier to remove means of abortion and contraception to force the birth rate to increase rather than fix the underlying issues
 
对于某些政党来说，让堕胎和避孕手段消失，迫使出生率上升，要比解决根本问题容易得多。
 
@PuffinsRcute
My daughter is a public school teacher and her husband is a tech professional. They had a baby in 2024.  She took a few months off to recover and to take care of the baby -- and she was kicked off of health insurance. COBRA was $2k a month. She cannot find daycare at any price. His company is sympathetic, but not really. He worries about losing his job if he doesn't jump when they say jump. Diapers and formula is skyhigh expensive. It is NOT hard to discover why young adults aren't having kids.
 
我的女儿是一名公立学校教师，她的丈夫是一名技术专业人员。他们在2024年有了一个孩子。她休了几个月产假来恢复和照顾孩子——结果被取消了健康保险。COBRA的费用是每月2000美元。她找不到任何价格的托儿所。尽管他所在的公司表示同情，但其实并不是真的。她丈夫担心如果他不按照公司的要求去做，就会失去工作。尿布和奶粉贵得离谱。很容易理解为什么年轻人不愿意生孩子。
 
@Solitas777
I have a son. My wife is a doctor. Im a nurse. We have spent about $80000 on childcare. Could we afford another one? Yes. Do I want compromise my lifestyle more than it is? Hell no.

我有一个儿子。我的妻子是一名医生，我是一名护士。我们在托儿服务上花费了大约8万美元。我们能负担得起再生一个吗？是的。可是我不想再牺牲我们的生活方式了。绝对不。
 
@cowboysfan1026
How about instead of being pro-birth. Why not be pro-life and help with babies after being born. I feel like the government just forgets about them. There should be universal child care and healthcare for these children. Also, the cost of living is not helpful either. Both parents have to work in order to live. Having a one person income for a family is not realistic.
 
与其支持生育，为什么不支持生命呢？生下孩子后应该得到更多帮助。我觉得政府似乎把孩子们给忘了。应该有普遍的托儿和医疗保障来照顾这些孩子。而且，生活成本也太高了。为了生活，父母双方都必须工作。一个家庭靠一个人的收入是不现实的。

@DesertDreaming24
7:29 yes absolutely!! Making living costs lower, make it to where we all have a livable wage, universal healthcare, and as for the IVF thing?? IVF is extremely expensive!!
Not to mention the fact that again, it does go back down to roe v wade being overturned. Because again, with IVF, you have a high chance of it not taking or even a miscarriage. Well some states are JAILING women for that when miscarriage is not something that you can control.
 
7:29 是的，完全同意！！降低生活成本，让每个人都有可负担的工资，普及医疗保健，至于试管婴儿呢？试管婴儿费用非常高！！更不用说，问题又回到了罗伊诉韦德案被推翻的情况。因为在试管婴儿过程中，你有很大概率会失败或者流产。在一些州，女性因流产而被判刑，而流产是你无法控制的事情。
 
@jocelynb8935
I choose not to have children.  Never regretted it, I love being an auntie but I love being able to live the life I want.
 
我选择不生孩子，至今从未后悔过，我喜欢做姑妈，但更喜欢能够过自己想要的生活。
 
@liiammiller7881
Tbh we don’t need more people having children we need more people taking care of the children we already have in the foster systems around the us.
 
说实话，我们不需要更多人有孩子，我们需要更多人照顾已经在美国寄养系统中的孩子。
 
@darsha158
Besides money we want peace of mind and for our kids not to grow up in such hostile environments such as corporate manipulation and volatile police forces.
 
除了钱，我们还想要内心的平静，不希望我们的孩子在像企业操控和动荡的警察力量这样的敌对环境中长大。
 
@thomasroy9931
Because you let billionaires who have no concept of cost of living run your government. The cost of having a family is too high, if you make 100k with a family of three you are struggling
 
因为你们让那些完全不理解生活成本的亿万富翁来管理政府。养一个家庭的成本太高了，如果你年薪10万美元，养一个三口之家也很艰难。
 
@personofmeans4783
Get rid of the gig economy, raise wages, provide child care, universal healthcare, and a 30 hour work week.
 
摆脱零工经济，提高工资，提供育儿支持、全民医保，实行每周30小时工作制。
 
@prometheusphunk
Savvy Americans are figuring out how to leave the country, not trying to figure out how to have children in this techno-feudalist dystopia.
 
聪明的美国人正在找办法离开这个国家，而不是在这个科技封建主义的乌托邦中纠结如何生孩子。
 
@TylerKoester
Yeah if the government doesn’t give af about how much we’re struggling currently, there is no way in hell we’re bringing an innocent child into this
 
是的，如果政府不关心我们现在的挣扎，那我们绝对不会把一个无辜的孩子带到这个世界上。
 
@metal_kitty9409
Not only money issues and housing issues, but a lot of people don’t take relationships/marriage seriously anymore. People don’t want to deal with the hurt and putting the kids through it as well.
 
不仅是钱和住房问题，现在很多人不再认真对待关系和婚姻了。人们不想再面对伤害，也不想让孩子经历这些。
 
@brandoboe
Who cares if our population declines. Old people should save more money; pull themselves up by their bootstraps and take care of themselves in the future.
 
我们的生育率下降又怎样？老年人应该多存点钱，自己拉起靴子，未来自己照顾自己。
 
@gershomkoinei8256
Costs a family $200 000 to raise each child from birth to adulthood, but worry not, the government will chip in $5 000.
 
抚养一个孩子从出生到成年花费20万美元，但不用担心，政府会补贴5000美元。
 
@debthomas8799
Chance of dying from a natural, unexpected miscarriage completely out of our control is too high now that doctors are scared to provide care because of the laws.   Also, women are being charged with murder for a miscarriage.  A significant number of pregnancies end in miscarriage.  No one I know wants to get pregnant right now because of the risks.
 
因为法律的限制，医生现在都害怕提供护理，导致自然流产的风险太高，而且女性因流产被指控谋杀。很多怀孕都会流产。现在没有人愿意怀孕，因为风险太大。
 
@MikaelChoi
Where do we even begin? Rent, home prices, cost of living, health insurance, hospital bills, debt, sky rocketing interest, stagnant wages, unrealistic expectations for candidates in job postings like requiring five year experience and masters degree for entry level jobs, getting ghosted by employers, applying for 400 jobs but not hearing back at all or at the very least receiving a rejection response, getting denied for a home loan, and on top of all of this politicians keep telling us they're creating new jobs and improving the economy. Mark my words people, soon having your own place and starting a family will only be a privilege for a few elites regardless of who you vote for. The slightest chance you have to live normal like affording your own place and starting a  family is probably Northern Europe. I accepted the reality and decided long time ago that I am not going to have any children.
 
从哪里开始说起？租金、房价、生活成本、医保、住院费用、债务、飙升的利息、停滞的工资、职位要求过高（例如要求五年经验和硕士学位就算是入门级工作）、被雇主冷落、申请了400份工作但完全没有回音，至少没有得到拒绝回应、申请贷款被拒，政治家们却不断告诉我们他们在创造新工作，改善经济。相信我，迟早有一天，拥有自己的住所并成立家庭将仅仅是少数精英的特权，不管你投票给谁。你能够过上正常生活的机会，像是负担得起自己的住所并拥有家庭，可能只有北欧。早在很久之前，我就接受了这个现实，决定不生孩子。