With an unstoppable global warming, overpopulation, and food and water shortages.

[LWolf]

42. Because

life, new life, affirms our existence and infuses us with hope and energy. That's why people get happy.

That said, I certainly think that global warming, food and water shortages, species decline, and other ills are due to overpopulation. I'd love nothing more than to see human population decline to more manageable levels across the globe. It's the dark side of reproductive choice, to allow people to reproduce irresponsibly. Still, I don't think forced birth limits is a viable long-term solution.

For the U.S., I favor flipping the tax code. Deductibles and tax breaks for those who do not produce biological children; smaller benefits for those who produce 1, no benefits but no extra taxes for those who produce two, and a carbon tax, growing larger with each child, for every child after two.