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mwmisses4289

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1. All this handwringing over falling white birth numbers,

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 12:37 PM

Jun 19

when the reality is not only are the generations after the baby boomers choosing to have fewer or no kids, but those generations are also smaller. Fewer adults, fewer kids.

I know this is not just a white countries problem: Japan, China and several other non white countries are also wringing their hands over this.

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Trump Has A New Plan To Get Women To Have More Babies. What Could Go Wrong? "Young families can't afford children. Yet, [View all] riversedge Jun 19 OP

All this handwringing over falling white birth numbers, mwmisses4289 Jun 19 #1

referred to women as "Earthen vessels, sanctified by Almighty God" --- you know , property. Norrrm Jun 19 #2

The first thing they could do VMA131Marine Jun 19 #3

Remember when Republicans were OUTRAGED! by the idea that women were having babies just to collect government money? tanyev Jun 19 #4

But those were the women of the wrong cultures, wrong colors, wrong religions. Norrrm Jun 19 #6

" If the Trump administration truly wants women to have children, it should support them in real and practical ways." Dulcinea Jun 19 #5