This is what happens in a welfare state. The cost of having children rises, because of the burden government puts on producers to support everybody else. Also, people tend to think they do not need children to help them in their old age, as government has taken over many of the duties and responsibilities formerly the purview of families. Finally, as women pursue careers, they are less likely to want many kids.
So, irresponsible people and Muslims are having kids that the rest of us support. The future does not look bright.
Sums it up accurately.
This embrace of feminism is the number one reason IMO. Female fertility starts declining at age 25 yet you rarely see married women in that age group with kids. Girls are taught to establish themselves in a career first, then have children. That in and of itself will cause a woman to have few or zero children.
This is so absolutely true.
Democrats often wonder how the lower-middle class can support Republicans. The reason you gave is precisely it. They know they're getting screwed by the welfare state.
The will never have a problem. They'll just pay more for what they need as prices rise.
But the lower-middle class is priced out of those things the welfare state provides for "free".
Medicaid, the nation’s largest public health insurance program, is a critically important part of the social safety net, serving more than 60 million individuals. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid finances more than 40 percent of births in the United States and is the primary payer for two-thirds of the nation’s nursing home residents.
In economic downturns, Medicaid rolls expand as income levels drop and people lose jobs and the accompanying employer-sponsored insurance. Enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program is estimated to increase by one million for every 1 percent increase in the unemployment rate. From December 2007 through June 2010, Medicaid enrollment nationwide increased by almost 18 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. In 2010, monthly Medicaid enrollment averaged 57.7 million, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
You are right. I imagine some people simply do not want to bring children into the world as it is now. Look at the debt hung around their neck as soon as they are born in the US.