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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want a higher birth rate, baby bonuses don’t work. They need to address the housing problem, the economic uncertainty, and the unavailability of daycare/expense of daycare. Men also need to modernize their approach to marriage and family. (Gift article)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/baby-bonuses-fertility-planning-trump-aides-assess-ideas-to-boost-birthrate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BU8.NtkN.WagWczUEi5e6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare[/quote]

Read this article this morning. I like the coverage, but I have some questions:

1) the US has very high maternal and infant mortality rates compared to our peer countries. Why don't we address that first? (I emailed the author - Caroline Kitchener on this point and she actually responded and said she is tracking that);

2) isn't AI supposed to allow humans to great boost their productivity (or push them out of a job, depending on who you talk to). Why do we need all these extra people if one person will be able to do the work of 3 or 4 people in the future.

Don't let the proponents of these policies weasel out of these questions. Their true motives will either have to be explained or they will slink off once they realize they can't snow us with "strong famillies" rhetoric.[/quote]

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