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I am talking politics, but I do recognize and lament the long term trend . Personally, I attribute it to demographic inversion. Those guys back in the fifties knew they had 4 kids to raise at home. From my personal experience, there is no greater motivator. To the extent our society moves away from that, it’s going to be increasingly difficult for politics to fix. Likely, the more they try , the worse it will get.

Personally, I attribute it to demographic inversion. Those guys back in the fifties knew they had 4 kids to raise at home. From my personal experience, there is no greater motivator.

If you take the time to read the article, you will learn something. Our middle class jobs are disappearing, most of them going overseas where labor is cheaper and just as qualified. Wages are being depressed because of an oversupply of labor. Education will be key to whatever success one has in the future and it will have to be specialized.

And the demographics of this country are changing rapidly. 87 percent of the 1.2 million legal immigrants entering annually are minorities as defined by the U.S. Government and almost all of the illegal aliens are minorities. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under in the U.S. will be classified as minorities and by 2042, half of the residents of this country will be minorities. Generally, immigrants and minorities vote predominantly for the Democrat Party. Hence, Democrats view immigration as a never-ending source of voters that will make them the permanent majority party.

What makes this disturbing is that the out of wedlock birth rates for the fastest growing part of our population--blacks and Hispanics--is 71% and 50% respectively. And the school drop out rate is over 50% for Hispanics and about the same for blacks. This is the pathology for failure in our society and greater dependence upon government. They represent our future workforce, which will make it even more difficult for us to compete in the global economy.

I don't care who the next President is. We are in serious trouble and it will be very difficult to turn around these trends, especially since we are bankrupt.