Greta Russell

Is it selfish to choose not to have kids?

Here's the part nobody says out loud: the nurse who will wipe your chin in the nursing home is somebody's daughter. The firefighter who pulls you from the wreck is somebody's son. Every single person who will ever show you mercy in your helpless old age was raised, at great cost, by parents who did the unglamorous work you opted out of. You will accept their care with gratitude while having contributed nothing to the supply of carers. That's a transfer of burden from you to strangers' families, and you know it.

Should voting be mandatory in the United States?

14 votes. That's what I won by last time, in a town of 3,100 people. The bond issue for the elementary school passed by 31. Everyone argues about presidential elections like those are the only ones that matter, but the races that hit your wallet and your kids is decided by dozens of votes in half-empty polling places. Make voting mandatory and suddenly school boards, sheriffs, and county commissioners have to answer to everyone, not just the retirees and activists who always show up. That alone is worth it.

Anecdotes about dishes do not justify restructuring the labor market. Plenty of families split chores fine on five days; this is a marriage problem dressed up as policy.

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