Mia...in the end it is all about taxes...when a country gets on the wrong side of the tax curve, Mom and Dad stop having children to maintain a basic lifestyle. When taxes go down, children go up. High taxes, you presume then the gov'mt will care for you in your old age since you've worked so hard for it...low taxes, 4-6 kids...some of them will care for you in your old age. Simple, 19th century home economics. Liberals consider the family unit an enemy of the state..and see taxes as a way to control it. You tax it you kill it...
very well put. There exists an inverse relationship between birth rate and tax rate.