White House proposes giving out $5,000 checks to address falling birthrates amid growing ‘pronatalist’ movement

One of Donald Trump’s priorities for his second term is getting Americans to have more babies – and the White House has a new proposal to encourage them to do so: a $5,000 “baby bonus”.

The plan to give cash payments to mothers after delivery shows the growing influence of the “pronatalist” movement in the US, which, citing falling US birthrates, calls for “traditional” family values and for women – particularly white women – to have more children.

But experts say $5,000 checks won’t lead to a baby boom. Between unaffordable health care, soaring housing costs, inaccessible childcare and a lack of federal parental leave mandates, Americans face a swath of expensive hurdles that disincentivize them from having large families – or families at all – and that will require a much larger government investment to overcome.

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    5 hours ago

    It’s not a baby boom they are after. I used to think it was all about cheaper labor.

    Nope. It’s to tie up fathers and mothers so they are too busy to pay attention that people start starving, dying of disease, and disappearing.

    The added benefit, if they can do it “their way” they kill multiple birds with one stone - A. Prevent the “white replacement theory” (wtf) B. Lower the number of people willing to fight against the Regime, C. Cheaper, younger labor pool hopefully educated enough to go into the military And that’s about it.

    Soft Eugenics. Genocide through “nature”.

    Won’t work, but they’re not the brightest people.