European Social Welfare State Model Running Out of Time and Money
The same can be said to a somewhat lesser degree here in the US. The rich and poor are best able to “afford” children. The rich obviously have the means but seldom have more than 2-3 children. The poor in the US have countless programs that in effect subsidize poverty by reducing the financial burden of having children without improving the family’s actual income. The poor have access to free medical care via SCHIP and Medicaid, free lunch and breakfast programs in public schools, free vaccinations, free prenatal care, subsidized housing, WIC, welfare, food stamps, free day care in some places, etc. Because we are so generous to the poor they aren’t forced to make the tough financial decisions we in the middle class are when it comes to deciding whether or not to have children. Why do you suppose there are a higher percentage of children in poverty than adults? Because the poor have more children. Why do they have more children? Why not. Ironically the Left also wants the federal government to pay for abortions for poor women who may not have gotten pregnant if not for the fact that the taxpayer picks up the tab.
