Retail prices for baby gear such as strollers, car seats, bassinets, and monitors have recently risen, with shoppers encountering unexpected markups. Most essential baby products are manufactured in China, and recent tariffs have increased import costs, raising retail prices. Political actors express a desire to boost U.S. birth rates while policies and rhetoric sometimes force pregnancies, and governments have offered modest incentives like a child tax credit boost and $1,000 'Trump Accounts' invested for newborns. Expectant parents face higher out-of-pocket expenses for basic supplies because trade policy-driven tariffs have made imported baby equipment more costly.
It's no secret that the right wants people to have more babies. They fret about the birth rate all the time. "I want more babies in the United States of America," J.D. Vance said immediately after taking office as vice president. There's also the fact that, with the fall of Roe v. Wade, they are effectively forcing some women to carry babies that they do not want.
Well, the fetus that is currently curled up against my ribs will owe me that money. Because, as a mom-to-be, I'm basically paying the government a lot of extra cash to purchase supplies aimed at keeping this little guy in one piece. Essential baby gear is typically made in China, and is therefore now more expensive for companies to import.
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