I'm for a lower birth rate in general. We should improve the availibiltiy of contraceptives/condoms, better sex ed...
I'm very much in agreement with that plan.
Why on earth do you people want a low birthrate? Are you still fighting the battles of the 1960's? The modern birthrate in much of the world is disasterously low, and the resulting population decline and aging will lead to economic dislocations far worse than anything caused by 'overpopulation'.
Opebo has made an excellent and a very accurate point regarding falling birth rates and their relationship to economies in the world.
As to universal child care, I do not support such a plan. A plan such as this would turn into a bottomless pit of public funding, never to achieve the results advocates of these plans are looking for.
Parents of young children should have a choice in how they want their young children cared for. If both parents are working, let them pay for the day care of their child or children. If one parent is working, the parent not working can care for the children. In single parent families, the single parent should pay for the day care.
Of course, in some cases, government help is necessary for the parents or for the parent. In those cases, the appropriate help and assistance should be granted. Even these parents, however, should bear some of the responsibility for the funding of their children's care.
If one parent stays at home to raise the children, then this family should be given some type of tax break. Parents who send their children to daycare, and who need assistance, should not be the only ones receiving some sort of a subsidy or tax incentive.
The Bush tax cuts on the wealthiest should be reversed. That segment of society does not need these additional tax breaks. This additional revenue could then be put to better use elsewhere in society.
