America's birth rate is now a national emergency

[Mister D]

I want an erection that lasts 4 hours

Can you imagine? That would be hellish.

[Mister D]

That and when we were agricultural kids worked the farm, beginning of the industrial age they worked factories, now all they do is ask for money and cry about being offended.

If only because their parents are a bunch of self-absorbed brats too. I think this shift owes more to a change in ideas than it does to economics per se. I am convinced that there is something about modern life that cultivates narcissism.

[Dr. Who]

Everything in American society cultivates narcissism, from defining greed and selfishness as a virtue i.e. materialism to promoting a form of nationalism that endorses the destabilisation of weaker societies as something to be proud of as long as it benefits the homeland in the form of cheaper goods. It's called entitlement. Unfortunately for the entitled, technology is going to be a major game changer. As for people of childbearing ages, having more than two children is a source of worry. Will parents be able to afford to educate them? Will parent's have to support them on pensions or heaven forbid SS until the parents die? Do they even dare take the chance if their own futures are insecure?

The generations being born today are generally unlikely to do as well as their parents financially. That is a fact.

[Peter1469]

Without enough taxpayers your grandchildren, when they are old, will not get a social security check.