The statistical lies of “it costs 250,000, half a million dollars to raise a baby” scares many people from having children or more than one.
I’ve brought up that if it truly cost that much, the poor couldn’t afford to have any, but logic doesn’t apply - liberals just inflated the numbers to scare the responsible middle class from having larger families.
Over what period of time? Is the question that I pose in return. The number is far less formidable when you divide it by even as much as 18 years. The other part is that being in accounting, I get very skeptical and analytical when it comes to figures and statistics.