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As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow
Washington Post ^ | October 19, 2018 | Ariana Eunjung Cha

Posted on 10/20/2018 9:33:40 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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To: bkopto

You understand what most, including many FReepers, don’t.

Yes, dismantle the FED.

The FED was supposed to be a vehicle to allow the growth of the money supply to keep up with economic growth as seen in the GDP.

Instead, create a law the allows the money supply to grow by the same % as the % increase in the GDP.

Doing all of the above would turn America into an economic powerhouse never before seen.


41 posted on 10/20/2018 10:34:09 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim 0216

The only ones who can afford kids are the ones on welfare. They are also the only ones who can afford to eat steaks. Watch any Walmart cart where they use a EBT card to pay.


42 posted on 10/20/2018 10:47:57 AM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: 2banana

Gee, could it be that:

1. Men are not attracted to stark, raving feminist SJWs?
2. Men are afraid of being accused of sexual assault?
3. Millennials have been brainwashed not to have kids to “save the environment” and “fight global warming”?
4. Especially for Whites, having kids is now “racist”?
5. Men are afraid to marry because they will be taken to the cleaners in a divorce?
6. Women are taught that all men are potential rapists and abusers and are no necessary anyway?
7. Thanks to #6, many women no longer even try to make themselves look attractive?
8. Dogs and cats are the new children?


43 posted on 10/20/2018 10:51:03 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Redwood71

Great story, thanks for sharing about how you educated your granddaughter.


44 posted on 10/20/2018 10:54:30 AM PDT by thecodont
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To: EdnaMode

Ryan is a stupid beta cuck who wants more men enslaved and controlled under the liberal gynocentric state that is modern america.

Nope.


45 posted on 10/20/2018 11:06:26 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Democrats hate too much

Nope. Guys not wanting to be divorced rape has more to do with it, plus taking on cupcakes’ debt.


46 posted on 10/20/2018 11:08:35 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: rbg81

This


47 posted on 10/20/2018 11:10:57 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2banana

Christianity abandoned large families decades ago. Protestants long ago and Catholics since the 60s. The abortion rate for Christians is statistically the same as the general population as well. You can hardly blame Obama for that.

For those other comments about raising children, as the father of a very large family, I can tell you it’s not about money. It’s about commitment—kinda like marriage-another dying institution.


48 posted on 10/20/2018 11:11:31 AM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: akalinin

Enjoying sex..with birth control and safe dsd(designated sperm donor).——soon gone——...even though late...baby is status symbol...late babies yield more congenital abnormalites...possible increased autism...wonder about micro amounts of birth control ingredients remaing in maternal tissue affecting gestation...though bc user is now fertile....increase in healthy unskilled labor ...and viola...instant end of current society
...some of the rich white girls gonna be cleaning toilets of immigrants to support their trophy babies..


49 posted on 10/20/2018 11:13:39 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: antidisestablishment

People have been taught, women primarily, that marriage is something to leave. 80% of divorces are filed by women, because there is zero downside for them and all the upside. Women are not the gender divorce raped in “family” courts thst make over 50 billion a year off families. Men are just utilities, appliances to be swapped out, and the state can force them to take care of wifey after shes gone, and the man is the only parent that has any legal responsibility to take care of the children he cannot see or have around anymore, that will be living with mommy and the new replacement boyfriend (aka the future a55hole she breaks up with).


50 posted on 10/20/2018 11:20:07 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: EdnaMode

The left has been destroying the family, $hitting on men, demeaning women who care for their babies, rewarding and glorifying women who kill their babies, so DUH!

Never fear. bammy brought in a million or so people who don’t buy any of that stuff, and who are reproducing like rabbits.

They are our replacements.


51 posted on 10/20/2018 11:45:42 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The country is suffering from a hysterical obsession with race, skin color and national origin.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I don’t disagree that the legal system plays a large part, but that followed the abandonment of a Biblical worldview. The church abdicated her role in charity and subjected herself to government intervention for the price of limited liability and tax exemptions. What’s the destruction of the family and a few tens of million murdered children compared to that?


52 posted on 10/20/2018 11:48:42 AM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: thecodont

Thanks, but shouldn’t all parent type people do this to protect their kids from the lies? Besides, how are youth supposed to react with the bombardment of liberal brainwashing like they get? And this topic is just one of many the socialists are programming our children with.

I’m a firm believer that teachers shouldn’t raise our children for (or in spite of) us. My kids didn’t go to sex education classes until they were over 16 and were invited to ask me or their mom anything. I also made sure they were given a qualified education in the basics and not scientifically created to match an agenda. If they came home and asked me about something that I felt was inappropriate or a lying action, either straight out or not telling the entire truth, I wouldn’t call the school, I went down there. They never seemed to have a legitimate answer to my questions at which time I asked that the student be moved to a class that didn’t contain the type of politics they were spewing. And until they were in their sophomore year of high school, I protected them as best I could. After that, they were old enough to drive a car and I let the rope out and made suggestions and not determinations. They are still alive, married with a family, and have good paying jobs. And I try not to get into their actions as parents. Not my zoo, their monkey. I wish them luck. In today’s society, they will need it.

rwood


53 posted on 10/20/2018 11:51:13 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Bonemaker
“concern has deepened over what’s causing the changes...”

That’s easy...no sex.

Oh, there's plenty of sex going on, but it has become sterile through contraception, homosexuality, and now even through "sex dolls" and "sex robots" that is in reality a form of masturbation. If any conceived children slip through the cracks, they are snuffed out in their mother's wombs before they can take a breath. We live in a selfish and wicked society.

54 posted on 10/20/2018 11:51:47 AM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: EdnaMode

Maybe it’s cuz you can’t look at a woman with lust any more, and those that will let you have penises.


55 posted on 10/20/2018 11:59:19 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: antidisestablishment

“Christianity abandoned large families decades ago.”

Thank you for your comments. The godless ethos of pagan society toward family runs amok within many American churches. Even in so-called conservative Protestant denominations, the unspoken rule seems to be that artificial birth control is God’s law and design. The intelligence and moral character of parents with “ill-spaced” children are to be held in suspicion. Few encouragements or fellowship invitations await such parents.

“Financial responsibility” is a convenient way to prioritize fleeting monetary comforts over lasting and eternal joys. Am I saying we should not be good stewards, or that more children somehow earns or demonstrates God’s favor? No. But there is great satisfaction to be found in dependence on God’s provisions, and priceless happiness that accompanies children.

“I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.” Deuteronomy 29:5

I am reminded of this verse often. Didn’t marry at the “right” age. Didn’t do college “right.” Didn’t make all the “right” financial decisions at the “right” times. Wife and I didn’t space our 5 children “right.” Have never had the “right” amount of savings, checking, or investments.

Yet all these years- strangely- not a SINGLE provision has been lacking, without dependence on government or others. “The Earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”

You are correct, it’s not about money. It’s not about choosing money OR children. God can give one, both, or neither. In my opinion, the primary reason the fertility rate is in decline is because pagan society is winning in its natural enmity against family and children, and the church is increasingly acquiescing to the same beliefs.


56 posted on 10/20/2018 12:04:50 PM PDT by Señor Presidente
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To: Señor Presidente

God bless you, my FRiend!

I l, too, never did right, though I have tried to do what is good. God never called us to a life of ease, though most have forgotten that or never heard of it these days.

The illusion of freedom preached by Satan only enslaves and kills. To separate sex from marriage and procreation from sex is to return to paganism. While the progressives will tout this as progress, the reality will be a return to chattel status for women and children and the celebration of perversion and death.

God is the author of life and marriage. There is no better good then joining together with Him in both matrimony and life. Not all are so blessed, but all who are willing can enjoy true freedom unknown to those seeking selfish pleasures.


57 posted on 10/20/2018 12:32:46 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: EdnaMode

Dude
There’s babies everywhere in my town of Fairfax ca
Everywhere
All the preschools are full
It’s great. I love it and love babies
Even the hard core tattooed out rocker dudes have babies
It’s quite a contrast the black ink vs baby skin
Cool to see


58 posted on 10/20/2018 12:45:48 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Bonemaker

There’s plenty of room
The point is pro life
The baby tge child is ALWAYS wanted
The teenager the big boy or girl
The lost soul
ALL are wanted


59 posted on 10/20/2018 12:48:44 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Truthoverpower

Well gentlemen, looks like it’s up to us conservatives. I did my part too, moreso than Paul Ryan.


60 posted on 10/20/2018 12:58:05 PM PDT by inchworm
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