[Antoninus]

It's not about driving a fancy-pants car and having the newest gizmos. It's basic economics -- with limited resources there is less to go around within the family.

Your average American DINKs are not truly affected with anything like "limited resources." Most have never cut a coupon in their lives and consider shopping any place below Neiman-Marcus to be "slumming."

"Limited resources" may be a legitimate problem in Guatemala, but not in Maryland.

[durasell]

Everyone has "limited resources," regardless of what it looks like. A lot of folks -- DINKS-- earning seven figures still think twice about those $900 Jil Sander pants and $200 t-shirts.

Conversely, a lot of those seven figure incomes also sweat out the private schools and college education.

[DHerion]

It has nothing to do with money. That's the easy cop out. My parents struggled every single day raising 6. Dirt poor societies all over the world have large families.

The reasons are simple - the birth control pill, abortion on demand, women getting married later in life, more wealth (not less) and more opportunity for the majority to do things and go places only the rich could do 30+ years ago.

[steve-b]

Most Republicans have never cut a coupon in their lives and consider shopping any place below Neiman-Marcus to be "slumming."

Wow, you managed to repurpose a direct quote from DU by deleting only one word. Not bad.