Talking about birth rates can be tricky, b/c conservatives use the topic for either misogynistic or racist ends. That said, as a society, people who *want* to have children should be able to do so. At this moment, many face disincentives. Seems like we should work on fixing those
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1446132127758757889
Many people who want to have children put it off bc they simply can't afford to. Parents-primarily women-have to make wrenching decisions about their careers vs children bc childcare is so exorbitantly expensive. That's upper/middle class folks. Much worse for lower income folks
I fail to see how, "The government will support childcare for this woman as she works 40 hours a week & makes 40,000 or less a year" is an "entitlement mentality."
Back to birth rates--stay with me here for a second--coz I'm NOT about to go all Handmaid's Tale on you. We want people to be able to have kids if THEY want to do so. Having a younger generation means that generation works & pays taxes that will. . .support the older generation
So anyone who is concerned about the future economic strength of our society--including Social Security--the most popular "entitlement" of all--should take a good hard look at what we can do to support people who WANT to have children, but can't b/c it's too damn expensive.
This seems like a real problem. Both b/c it's denying Americans opportunity & freedom & because we're risking a lopsided population, such that, in 40 years, we might not have enough young people to pay the taxes we need. I wonder if there's any way we can address it. . . . . 
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