The less educated and wealthy people are, the larger the family they have. The better educated people understand that we have limited resources, and want their children to have every advantage.

Large families came when there were many children lost young in life, and children were the way to work the farm. That no longer applies to the areas and people of poverty.

Ending planned parenthood, is terrible, and not allowing abortions will bring unwanted children in the world. Allowing abortions greatly reduced the crime rate, and their is no joy in life for an unwanted children. If the GOP wants to restrict abortion, they they have support pre-natal care. Early education nutrition, support for young parents, pre-school and real schools where their children to go to, not our inner city disasters. It costs money as a society to change it for the better.

For every $1 spent on pre-school, we save $10 in future prison costs. But politicians terms are at most 8 years, so investing on something with long term benefits doesn't help their careers.

The rich 1% have taken 60% of our nations wealth since the 1970s, so it's not that we can't afford it, the upper 1% is too greedy. We could take care of every child and send everyone to college, the best investment this country could make.

Bob

My life growing up with a single mother.

Born equal....hahahaha only one thing separates us into groups....money, not education, not experience, nothing but chance and money...PERIOD

After tens of thousands of years of watching this play out, you'd think we'd finally give a damn about the poor and suffering.

it is like the rediscovery of America

I just read an article about how women have to break the pregnant ceiling before getting to the glass ceiling (hitting the maternal wall before hitting a glass ceiling - NY Times). Unfortunately, reality is reality. People in poverty often exacerbate their poverty through ignorance (financial knowledge is not inborn) or cultural mores. I saw a picture of a woman - looked like in her 30's with 5 kids including a newborn. She worked at Walmart. If you don't have money to make a decent life for yourself how in the hell would having kids help? It doesn't and only makes for more people growing up in poverty. I read that this country was one of the very few that the fertility rate actually went down during the great depression. DUH!!!