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Cost To Raise Child Exceeds $200,000

According to a report from the United States Department of Agriculture, it will cost a total of $221,190 to raise a child born in 2008. What do you think?

Dan Triphan • Dock Hand

“Yeah, sure, but only if you plan on being a good parent.”

Dan Triphan • Dock Hand

Jim Quansah • Fan Balancer

“Sixty thousand of that alone is for boxed juice.”

Jim Quansah • Fan Balancer

Susie Wise • Radiation Monitor

“I’ve figured out it’s much more economical to shuffle them off to some adoptive family and then reenter their lives a few years before I’ll need home care.”

Susie Wise • Radiation Monitor