Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme High Birthrates Won't Fix

While the world's population clocks in at 8.2 billion and adds another 70 million per year—and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that population growth is a major contributor—we read near-daily headlines about the 'crisis' of declining birth rates.While often attributed exclusively to the right, handwringing about women's fertility decisions and their societal implications is equally the province of the left.

has said that due to climate change and pollution, children face a future that is unimaginably dire. Surely, there is a better way to address the challenges of an aging society than by bribing women to have babies they don't want.What is needed is reform of the system.



As currently formulated, the system relies on perpetual population growth as each generation must be larger than the one before. We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here.

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