America, Let's Procreate!

 

America, you are not having babies. Why? What could possibly be the problem? It all begins with that $10 pregnancy test and doesn't let up until you are rewarded with a trip to the nearest geezer drop off assisted living dump. Is it the possible out of pocket expense which averages around $18,000 just to be able to walk out of the hospital with your money sucking bundle which gives you pause? Is it the cost of raising a child until the legal age of eighteen, which hovers around $300,000. Per child. Hmmm... I don't know if the issue is about money. Look how many babies are born by people who can't afford a car, a bus ticket, a vegetable. I don't think it has kicked in yet in maga land that there will be no more help from mein orange fuhrer.  Poor people will still be having babies.

But, ask yourselves, why would a woman want to have a baby with the possibility she won't get adequate health care? She might even be forced to carry a dead fetus for months. Yes, so very tempting. 

The female species is still largely responsible for caring for infant. Oh, now don't protest, men. The majority of you are assholes when it comes to caring for your newborn. Again, so tempting to carry a five pound squirming freeloader who leaves you exhausted, nauseous, stretch marked, poochy bellied, sore boobied, post partumed, depressed, anxious, with a back that will forever remind you of the birthing day, to waking up every three hours to feed, diaper, cuddle, soothe, nurture and love unconditionally for the next seventy years.

Women back in the day were pressured to be mothers. You were deemed a witch, a misandrist, a lesbian, a spinster, a useless waste of space. I can no longer watch 'It's a Wonderful Life's because of the fate given to Mary had she never married George and spewed out babies. They show her old and haggard, walking down a street, scurrying to get home. She's a cowardly mouse, all because she never married and had children. 

Now, a confession. I did not want to have children, but I felt the pressure from family and society. "Oh, poor Maggie, sitting in her apartment, all alone, painting pretty pictures, traveling around the world, going out dancing and bowling on the weekends. What a sad life." I love my child with all my being. I never resented her place in my life. But, I don't know if she would be here if I had been strong enough to break the cycle to conform to what society considers the norm. 

So, women and men have decided not to bring children into this world. If you haven't noticed, it's kind of crazy out there. School shootings, contagious diseases, global warming, Bible thumping maggat hypocrites and a complete lack of privacy. Why would anyone want to bring a human life into this world? Oh, I seem to remember Trump offering a whopping $5,000 one time incentive to do some begatting. I haven't heard much lately regarding that carrot on a stick. He's got other issues at the moment.

It's rather a sad situation since I stated earlier the wrong people, who have no money are still procreating without protection. Educated people with better financial stability are opting out. And it's not that people with an IQ of 70 will have dumb children. They might bear brilliant little minds who will have almost no chance of breaking the chain of poverty, and have little chance of a good education because the government sure isn't going to help them. 

Can we talk about the young men who for some reason feel ignored so they voted for a piece of garbage because they sure as hell weren't going to let a woman lead our country. Hell, no! A woman!? A black woman!? So, can you blame women for opting out? 

Let other countries populate the planet. The ones with free healthcare, free education, paid parental leave with some countries giving time off as long as 49 weeks. In this country, zero, zip, nada. A one or two day hospital stay after birth, then out you go, but only after you sign on the forty page document  to promise to pay your starter baby debt. 

I encourage women to think about the choices they have today. You are no longer obligated to be a baby machine. Go out, enjoy life, at least give it a go to seek a different path. Then if you still want children, can find a loving mate, can afford diapers and food, then go for it.