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70. In my view this is great news!

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 02:02 PM

Jan 2019

And there’s no need to even explain why since the answer is obvious!

We don’t need new babies. We need new blood, as in immigrants.

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Americans aren't making enough babies to replace ourselves [View all] DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Immigrants have more vitality & energy than stay-in-place folk in US or the home country. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #1

Given the Many Challenges That Especially Women Face, This is No Surprise dlk Jan 2019 #2

Not surprising as babies cost money to raise and millions of people are barely making it cstanleytech Jan 2019 #3

Isn't this good news? Overpopulation is a big problem. PSPS Jan 2019 #4

Spot on. Traildogbob Jan 2019 #22

too many people dugog55 Jan 2019 #72

Exactly! If there's one thing we need to do over the next hundred years, it is reducing Nay Jan 2019 #27

My thoughts exactly! denvine Jan 2019 #31

There's an organization formerly known as Zero Population Growth ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #48

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #50

indeed. REJOICE. but now, india & china etc. pansypoo53219 Jan 2019 #64

I believe chinas total fertility rate is lower than ours +declining . Their one child rule although lunasun Jan 2019 #81

+ 100 billion gazillion. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2019 #52

In my view this is great news! lunatica Jan 2019 #70

That was my first reaction wryter2000 Jan 2019 #71

I agree. Rizen Jan 2019 #75

Fewer babies is a good thing vlyons Jan 2019 #5

+1000 sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 #43

Our society Ohiogal Jan 2019 #6

In Canada, we have good health care and parental leave. OnlinePoker Jan 2019 #18

Good points. This downward trend in birth rates is occurring spooky3 Jan 2019 #66

Industrialization customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #85

Add swaggering school loans. CentralMass Jan 2019 #78

This should be a feature not a bug..... Boxerfan Jan 2019 #7

Exactly! Duppers Jan 2019 #63

Good. We need fewer people. uppityperson Jan 2019 #8

Another Domino Falls on the Road to... jayfish Jan 2019 #9

In addition, I assume more people see what childbirth looks like and are scared shitless. Crowman2009 Jan 2019 #10

+1 n/t CousinIT Jan 2019 #33

Not to mention that some people have lived in struggling households and don't want to replicate it. Crowman2009 Jan 2019 #11

+I know a lot of coupleslike that who grew up in situations they are just still too close to being lunasun Jan 2019 #82

Most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck yuiyoshida Jan 2019 #12

Phillip Rivers is underpants Jan 2019 #13

Quiverfulls are another problem jmowreader Jan 2019 #19

Well some people who make millions spend it on having lots of kids as opposed to expensive BS. Crowman2009 Jan 2019 #67

Maybe because it's fucking expensive to raise children in America Yavin4 Jan 2019 #14

America has made it too expensive Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #15

When women participate more in a society, the birth rate goes down by choice. ehrnst Jan 2019 #16

The more educated a woman is... llmart Jan 2019 #37

Me too. What is good for women really is good for the planet. (nt) ehrnst Jan 2019 #40

Yeah, This RobinA Jan 2019 #44

ZPG. Remember? Eyeball_Kid Jan 2019 #17

Yes, I remember ZPG. I gave their successor organization, PopulationConnection.org my farm in 2016 progree Jan 2019 #25

Hopefully more countries follow suit inwiththenew Jan 2019 #20

Considering the current state of affairs in America, I'd say this bodes well for the planet Va Lefty Jan 2019 #21

One of our children, our son and his wife, decided not to have children. Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #23

My sister and two of my best friends decided against it, too. trev Jan 2019 #57

It's all about child survival rate Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #24

Count of My Immediate Nice and Nephews modrepub Jan 2019 #26

As we continue our faster and faster slide into dewsgirl Jan 2019 #28

OK. johnp3907 Jan 2019 #29

it's a sign of improving women equality - a good thing AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #30

Well if Republicans had their way, women would be reproductive slaves CousinIT Jan 2019 #32

That is something right out of Margaret Atwood novels..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #76

You *know* they would if they could! n/t CousinIT Jan 2019 #79

Human fertility indicators are declining around the world Rural_Progressive Jan 2019 #34

Lower the prices of formula, diapers, childcare, education, car insurance, Disneyland tickets dalton99a Jan 2019 #35

They say that like its a bad thing Bayard Jan 2019 #36

Damn good news, now if only global birth rates would follow this trend Devil Child Jan 2019 #38

The radical right has been screaming about this for years. Paladin Jan 2019 #39

Yes. trev Jan 2019 #58

How about I just take your word for it? Paladin Jan 2019 #60

LOL trev Jan 2019 #61

This is true of all industrialized countries. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #41

Good! Mickju Jan 2019 #42

Life is becoming more and more complicated and a baby makes it even more complicated. honest.abe Jan 2019 #45

I'm okay with lower population. LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #46

Me too. ffr Jan 2019 #47

Hispanic women are showing the largest drop Mosby Jan 2019 #49

Perhaps they are secretly rejecting their Catholic Church's teachings luvtheGWN Jan 2019 #62

Human overpopulation is destroying the natural environment Yeehah Jan 2019 #51

From an environmental standpoint this is a good thing. Throck Jan 2019 #53

Don't they mean enough WHITE babies aren't being replaced? no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 #54

Since Black and Hispanic women have higher abortion rates than white women madville Jan 2019 #73

Question..How do you make "babies"?...Ooops ...that is not a topic for discussion in the "latest Stuart G Jan 2019 #55

Capitalism is hostile to families and children. paulkienitz Jan 2019 #56

I think part of the reason some want Doreen Jan 2019 #59

I agree, but it's cheap labor that's most likely to replaced by automation TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #83

I hate self check. Doreen Jan 2019 #91

It's the economy stupid crazycatlady Jan 2019 #65

Fewer teen pregnancies is a good thing shenmue Jan 2019 #68

Finally! democratisphere Jan 2019 #69

overpopulation isn't a problem Mosby Jan 2019 #74

Not so. The sustainable carrying capacity of this planet is about 2 billion people. democratisphere Jan 2019 #77

You're off by 7-8 billion Mosby Jan 2019 #86

Maintaining an American middle class life style, the carrying democratisphere Jan 2019 #89

Too bad there won't be any giraffes, tigers, elephants, bears, etc. sharing the world with us Yeehah Jan 2019 #93

There is no way I'd father a child in these days and times... ADX Jan 2019 #80

WE DON'T NEED TO REPLACE OURSELVES!!! n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #84

why? Mosby Jan 2019 #87

Because the whole having children to replace ourselves TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #88

Good. n/t X_Digger Jan 2019 #90

We've pushed the planet into a mass extinction event not seen in milllions of years NickB79 Jan 2019 #92

I only made one. akraven Jan 2019 #94