Nevertheless, dropping the USA's already-low fertility rate by 40% would be awful and probably irreparable. Even bastardy is better than sterility.
Do we agree that marriage as the indispensible context for sex is the way to go? Then the question is, what are the intermediate steps?
I'm all ears. I don't have a whole "program for social recontruction" up my sleeve (whsh I did!) but I remain convinced that suspending any enforcement of unmarried fathers' liability for their own children is not a constuctive step from a practical point of view.I also dooubt that anyone has authorized to relinquish their child's natural right to have the support of his or her father.
I disagree. The Middle Class is still predominantly having children within marriage. They might divorce, but it's generally true that children are born within marriage. The problem is that their fertility is low.
The Underclass are another story, with most children being conceived out of marriage. Their fertility is high.
The high fertility of the underclass results in a high tax burden on the middle class. This necessitates two-income households in order the maintain the standard of living that they are used to from their parents.
A solution would reduce the tax burden on the middle class, by greatly reducing the burden imposed by the underclass. An elimination of rewards for pathological behavior would tend to force underclass women to behave more responsibly, unlike today where the incentives are for them to have irresponsible sex with a large number of men.