Trump administration could give $5,000 bonus to boost birth rate

'The View' Audience Horrified After Cohost Defends Trump's $5k 'Baby Bonus' To Boost Birth Rates

Things took a turn on The View during a chat about President Donald Trump's proposed "baby bonus" of $5,000 for women to boost birth rates after co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin—a former Trump administration appointee who bowed out in 2020 and condemned his supporters' attack on the U.S. Capitol—defended the move. Earlier, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration "has been hearing out a chorus of ideas in recent weeks for persuadin…

Trump wants a baby boom. But is his ‘pronatalism’ agenda missing the point?

America's birthrate has plummeted, and pronatalists − both in and outside the White House − are determined to fix it. But where should they start?

Why Paying Women To Have Babies Is A Terrible Idea — And What To Do Instead

Paying for babies doesn't work. But government could certainly stop making raising kids so expensive and undesirable.

Why Paying Women To Have Babies Is A Terrible Idea

Paying for babies doesn't work. But government could certainly stop making raising kids so expensive and undesirable.

Fast home-building states, like Idaho, have higher birth rates, federal data show

Jon Bahr holds his newborn daughter, Taverie, in March while testing equipment at the new MilkShake Factory franchise in Colorado Springs, Colo., he opened with his wife, Micayla Bahr. Colorado had a 4.5% increase in births last year, the largest in the nation, as births increased nationally for the first time since 2021. (Photo courtesy of Jon Bahr/MilkShake Factory)The number of births in some Western states that are adding new housing rose la…

Donald Trump Is Reportedly Considering A $5,000 Baby Bonus To Encourage Women To Have Kids — Here's How People Are Really Feeling About It

"Incredibly funny to anyone who’s been alive long enough to remember when Republicans used to accuse women of having extra babies to extend their welfare benefits."View Entire Post ›