JediJ: One of the major reasons for the financial crisis that is engulfing Europe now is that they have stopped having sufficient children to maintain their population. In some parts of the world, they are under 75% replacement rate. Europe is starting to pay the price for their aging population now, but that price is going to be even greater in the next decades. This is an astoundingly horrid situation. At least in the US, we are near “replacement” birth rates.
Part of the reason for Europe’s problem is the type of attitude you are showing in this post#8 - a demeaning attitude toward women who are engaging in the most important task that a person can undertake - bringing up children. Compared to that most important occupation, all other occupations are insignificant. Thus far, the US has maintained policies that encourage to some degree the fostering of children, but we really need to do more. I hope you will reconsider your attitude about children and the importance for women and men to bring children into the world and raise them well.
On a second issue, I would appreciate comments about who this “Tax Foundation” is - I don’t recognize them as an important player in the conservative world. Am I simply having a senior moment about this?