But part of the reason that those in the middle can't afford to have three children is because of the lack of government support. The reality is that most families would get the support and only… (View Post)

We have become a country that isn't generous to itself, where people are so conditioned to fear losing things themselves that they refuse to extend help to others. This is not the mindset of a c… (View Post)

Interesting about the less than problem, perhaps a sign that mathematics doesn't receive the prominence it deserves in our culture. Thanks for pointing it out. I think it's always easy to t… (View Post)

It is incredible how two children has become the norm, and not just in this country. My wife's family is very large - her parents come from Sri Lanka and her dad was one of ten siblings and her … (View Post)

Those numbers are wrong. You might be looking at nominal rather than real GDP - our nominal GDP may be higher because of higher inflation, but in terms of real growth we have fallen well short of the… (View Post)