[MediaAnalyst]

Although the MSM won't tell the (white) Europeans the truth, which is that their culture will be extinct in 2 or 3 decades - unless drastic action is taken, it does look like Ms. Merkel is starting to condition them for the truth.

The bottom line is that since women now have options in which children only get in the way, a large number of women, including Ms. Merkel herself, have decided against children.

The solution - easy, treat childrearing as a profession, and have the government pay families to have children (something like US $4,000 to $5,000 per year, per kid, up to 10 kids). Exclude the Muslims, of course, since they're not having any problems with procreation anyway.

Forget things like day care and that garbage, simply pay the parents to produce.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Germany needs to start promoting a culture of family again.

The liberals have created a culture where women who have children are seen as "not cool and hip". Everything in Germany these days is about ME-ME-ME.

The colleges and welfare system have made it easy for students to spread out their schooling, taking one or two classes a quarter and end up spending their entire 20's finishing a standard four year degree.

The daycares and pre-schools need to knock this "You have to pick up kid at no later than 2pm" crap off.

On the ecnomic front, its just as bad. Germany has some of the worst % rates of startup businesses. Their is soo many layers of taxes and red tape to do the simpliest things.

And many of the german people in their 20's are sick of watching half their salaries taken out to pay the bloated pensions of the baby boomer generation and avoid entering the workforce.

[Giant Conservative]

WAsn't such a program already instituted here and called welfare/AFDC/TANF?

[antiRepublicrat]

The solution - easy, treat childrearing as a profession, and have the government pay families to have children (something like US $4,000 to $5,000 per year, per kid, up to 10 kids).

They already do, it's called Kindergeld (literally, "child money"), although it isn't that much -- 154 Euros per month for the first kid and 179 Euros for each following kid, straight, non-taxable money. Plus taxes go way down with kids, and if you have enough kids you get tax breaks when buying a house, and maternity leave and medical insurance are extremely generous, etc.

All that doesn't make up for the fact that the socialist system is driving the economy down the tubes, so many don't see much of a future for any children they may have.