[A. Pole]

[lightislife:] This statistic shows that our economy has progressed and it is now easier for a person to be independant on the average wage.

Especially that with the new free market borderless global economy having and raising children became obsolete. We can the import new generations of Americans from the Third World countries at the fraction of effort and expense.

[oceanview]

we have more young people then ever living in their parent's basements. these single-adult households are likely the result of the high divorce rate - the wife gets the house, and ex-husband has to live someplace.

[Nowhere Man]

Especially that with the new free market borderless global economy having and raising children became obsolete. We can the import new generations of Americans from the Third World countries at the fraction of effort and expense.

Thanks for the ping. I think we have become too much of a selfish and consumer country that we are losing our soul and morals. I think if we lose those two, we as a society are not worth it anymore. I might sound like "Michael Savage Jr" (well, like him, I do ramble on from tangent to tangent for a long time) here but there are times that if we don't get back our soul and morals as well as the will to survive and fight, we will lose it all and we have no one to blame but our greed, avarice and sheer selfishness. We will get punished for all of this one day, much like when God punished the Israelites to the wilderness for 40 years when they went astray after Moses led them from Egypt. I think we need to find an answer on where both the rights of the individual and society meet and keep it at a happy medium.

I know myself, I haven't had the best of luck all the time economically, I'm 39, still live at home, I don't care what others think of it, despite having a target on me because of it, I'm loud and proud about it no matter what. I've always been looking for a better position jobwise and for some reason had a hard time to make it click. In recent years, I have been redicovering religion and God, well, 9-11 had a lot to do with it plus almost losing my left hand to infection along with the assaults on our morals in recent years have really shaped that. Well, that said, I just decided to take the co-pilot's seat on my journey through life, pray to God for guidance and advice as well as to help me bear my burdens and let Him take control for a while. I did get a better job soon after that and with His help and guidance I will be on the road to getting out of the funk I was in.

Getting back on topic, I do hope someday I will meet the right one and have a family. Again, I'll leave it up to God to guide my mate to me or me to her. I do understand that not everyone is set up or inclined to get married and have children, I know in a huge population, you will always have your variances when you do the math. It does seems though that as a society, we have become so selfish, callous and immoral that it has become less "family friendly."

I just think we are becoming much too selfish at large and more concerned with getting the most and best "toys" while sacrificing the future. I see it coming from many sources ranging from the proponents of homosexual marriage to supporters of things like CAFTA. I think we do need to return to our roots along with us as a society of asking God for his guidance in order to become a much better society again. If we continue down this path, our sorrows will increase as time goes on.

[GOP_1900AD]

I blame women's lib. Women's lib led to:
* The largest single erosion in individual earning power and the greatest ever incremental increase in labor and knowledge worker availability ever in history. And of course, the lesson was not lost on employers.
* Male irresponsibility. If I am not tasked with being a breadwinner and the master of the house, then that means I no longer need to be responsible. In fact, why do I even need to be a husband, let alone a dad?
* The feminization of decision processes. Pacifism, globalism, diversity mania, and numerous other ills are definitely bolstered by the introduction of the points of view of women, and ardent feminazis in particular, into both the private sector and public halls of power and board rooms.
* Etc