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Scott Mc's avatar

For many people, kids are a large expense and a major inconvenience. With birth control pills and easy abortions many choose not to have kids. In Canada the Govt incentivizes people to have kids. Now many people intentially come to Canada to have the child, quality for monthly payments, cheap university, free health care, OAS, and later get their parents citizenship. Bottom line, why is fewer kids a problem? China did it for many years with the 1 child program. Their problems over 40+ years? Most of the problems in the world due to, too many people... The current solution, massive immigration also has many problems, the most obvious, expensive housing... Canada and the US seemed to do quite well when their populations were 50% of what they are today, so no danger of declining.....and so what if they do....

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Christian's avatar

I think the low interest rates / high house prices also has an effect on fertility, speaking mainly from an Australian perspective as I'm not familiar with US housing costs. For many, it's a choice between getting on the housing ladder or having kids. Sadly, it also makes socialism more attractive. IMHO, home ownership fosters conservative values.

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