I don't know how much of a problem that is in US, but I agree with Frank that it is a chief factor in living conditions of people in poor countries (India, for instance). People should have some sense of how many children they can feed, educate and provide a good life, before they decide to have more children. I know this troubles you because of your recent plunge into socialism. Probably you are translating this situation in your mind to "Oh, so rich people get to have more kids... how outrageous".
I didn't say any of that. I was responding - not very well, 'cause I'm too lazy at present to even try and engage in a full discussion - to the derisive tone, the suggestion of inhumane contempt. Concluding a self-righteous post with a cute, smug smiley; I don't buy into that sort of non-argument. I fight against the contagion of AppleOnYa Syndrome.
It's never simply a conscious decision to have more children. "Let's have more children"? I think that's cynical. A lot of cultural aspects weigh in very heavily; religion and education for starters, which are related, and tie very much into questions of class. The system is always larger than the individual.
