WTF??? "White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children" nytimes

[orleans]

White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.

By Caroline Kitchener
Caroline Kitchener writes about the American family.
April 21, 2025

The White House has been hearing out a chorus of ideas in recent weeks for persuading Americans to get married and have more children, an early sign that the Trump administration will embrace a new cultural agenda pushed by many of its allies on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values.

One proposal shared with aides would reserve 30 percent of scholarships for the Fulbright program, the prestigious, government-backed international fellowship, for applicants who are married or have children.

Another would give a $5,000 cash “baby bonus” to every American mother after delivery.

A third calls on the government to fund programs that educate women on their menstrual cycles — in part so they can better understand when they are ovulating and able to conceive.

oh yeah, there's more to this insane fucking idea...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.html

no paywall, archive link: https://archive.is/0RQky

read on... if you dare....

[SARose]

1. nope nope nope

That is all.

[senseandsensibility]

2. I'll spell it out for the perpetually clueless NYT

It's none of their business. Oh, and stop the sanewashing. Everyone sees through it now.

[Mister Ed]

3. The unspoken part, I'd wager...

...is that this would be a program designed to persuade white women to have more children.

[lame54]

4. A Sexy Calendar might work

[orangecrush]

5. Musk

[tanyev]

6. The best way is to create a world in which people feel confident about their futures.

In other words, the exact opposite of what they’re doing.

[Lovie777]

7. Women was put on earth for child bearing and............

keeping men sorta happy.

[Phoenix61]

8. Like 5 grand is going to change anyone's mind.😂😂😂

[Nictuku]

9. How are they going to filter out all the non-white women? Twisted Sick Fuck

[tishaLA]

10. I recently listened to a podcast by someone who wrote a book about "natalism"

....and he was in favor of it, but he also said that no program has ever managed to increase birth rates. So of course the administration will invest time and resources into this while cutting Medicaid.

[Meowmee]

11. Great just what no one needs 😣

[Xolodno]

12. An old friend of mine eventually had 13 kids with his wife.

After the 4th one he secured sponsorship and moved to Australia, so basically, the state picks up the tab for the most part. You wan that here? The wealthy will have to pony up in taxes to support food, medical, school, clothing, etc. benefits. Otherwise, its DOA.

Side note, joked to another friend after his 8th, "should we both chip in and send him a pallet condoms?".