Source: Quillette
by Stephen Eide
“Thirty years ago, when America’s welfare debate was truly raging, some conservatives and centrists would have opposed generous cash benefits that increase family size among the low income bracket. But many of these same people now see such benefits as a good thing, precisely because they’ll help increase family size. Whenever societies debate natalism, ‘cash for kids’ proposals are inevitably part of the discussion. … Ardent natalists perceive demographic decline to be a war-like threat to America and other 21st-century nation states, and a future with fewer people does look austere in many ways. But in America, it may lead to a more expansive attitude toward benefit programs, and convergence with European-style social democracy.” (06/30/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/07/01/natalism-and-the-welfare-mother-demographic-decline-fertility/