i NEVER use birth control ever other than the rythym method!
no one has 7-12 kids anymore unless they are welfate mothers it seems now a days.... Families are smallerand I dont see 100% correlation to using a condom or the pill . Another issue is that most catholic families arent really practicing catholics, I see how ichurches are half full, the kids arent going to church and parents only go on easer and christmas. we have one child out of choice and we dont us birth conrol (condoms, pills, iud, anything artificial)
i woldnt say the economic effects in the united states would be hurt by people who are americans having kids. Lets deal with illegal immigrants first who come here, drop kids, get on welfare while holding down several jobs then rape the system of benefits that only citizens ought to have (or a naturalized person who becomes an american) Most dont pay tazxes but are a burden on the system.
Why get married (become a citizen and come here legally) when you can drink from the cow for free.
Here is the
study that everyone is referencing regarding Catholics and contraception
illegals only take the crappy jobs that Americans don't want to do and are low paying on top of that. Not many aspire to wash dishes, pick vegetables or cut grass for a lifetime. those that lost jobs to illegals probably should have taken their education more seriously when they were younger. they have a greater negative effect on state budgets than the federal since states have annual balanced budget requirements. at any given time only 2-3% of the US population receives direct cash transfers from the fed gov. the welfare reform act of 1996 limited payments to a lifetime maximum of 60 months total at $400/month or $24k.
the US has a very large active workforce at almost 180M, the total US population of 300M + is 25% of the OECD total population. the BLS unemployment rate is just over 8% since jobs that are off-shored don't get reported the real unemployment rate is probably double that at 16%. and on top of that 25% of the US workforce is under-employed which means the worker is typically:
1). a degreed individual working in a position that does not require a degree
2). a worker that is only working part time but desires full-time employment
the US economy is based on a large service sector. low interest rates out of the central bank has a negative effect on retirement income tied to bonds, etc. this forces many elderly people to either stay in the workforce longer or return to work. this means less job turnover for non-college bound US youths after high school. US youths from 18-24 are enrolled in college at record levels right now at almost 50% while the federal student loan default rate for graduates is near 10%.
the
fastest growing sectors of the US service sector are low wage from $8-$14 hr.
Data from the SSA shows that
70% of the total US workforce earns less than $45k or $17K once adjusted for inflation in 1980s dollars. in 1980 the average median income was $19k.
Recent economic study's show that since the early 80's there are less jobs for US workers to return to after each recession for both both non-college educated and educated workers (obviously much less for this group). The past 2 US recessions (2001 & 2007) have been followed by jobless recovery's, this will be the trend from now on and it is a very disturbing pattern.
the US has both a large pool of excess labor and a low rate of unionization at only 11% of the workforce both of which push wages down lower. illegals are not the problem, the problem is a very unbalanced service sector based economy in the US where the majority of the national income goes to the FIRE sector but does not employ a major share of the workforce.
the low-wage neo-liberal economy that the US has designed and been following for the past 30 years is a complete failure for those not in the top 20% of wage earners.
