US EditionTrump administration could give $5,000 bonus to boost birth rate
- The White House is soliciting ideas to encourage more Americans to marry and have children.
- This initiative responds to United States birth rates falling over many years.
- Proposals include a baby bonus payment and reserving certain scholarships.
- One proposal gives American mothers a $5,000 cash bonus after delivery.
- The administration has not indicated serious consideration for these ideas.
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Donald Trump's administration is actively considering proposals to increase fertility, and in April the newspaper The New York Times reported. Among the ideas offered are material encouragement for families with children and raising women's awareness of the menstrual cycle for better pregnancy planning. The need to raise fertility in the US is not only indicated by Trump, who wants a baby boom in the country, but also by Vice-President J. D. Van…
Letter: Is $5,000 incentive world-changing?
Does the Trump administration really believe that women will be “enticed” to have a baby because of a $5,000 bounty? The average cost of responsibly raising a child from birth to age 18 in the US is $375,000, with major expenses being housing, food, child care, education, and transportation. All are being cut drastically or eliminated by this administration. Where will the additional $370,000 come from? HHS is dissolving agencies dealing directl…
Russia’s new $60-bonus plan to lift birth rate, plans to pay doctors to curb abortions
The first incentive, totalling 25,000 rubles (approximately $300), is aimed at gynaecologists and obstetricians trained in providing psychological counselling to patients contemplating abortion
The Insulting ‘$5,000 Solution’ to the Childcare Crisis
At a March for Life in late January, Vice President J.D. Vance said, “…it is the task of our government to make it easier for young moms and dads to afford to have kids, to bring them into the world and to welcome them as the blessings that we know they are.” As one of those moms, I can assure Vance that the current situation in our country does not make it easier to welcome a baby into a family. One “solution” the current administration has uno…
Latinos and Trump’s $5,000 Bonus Per Baby Push - La Voz Colorado
David Conde, Senior Consultant for International Programs According to statistical experts, it takes 2.1 births per family to replace and maintain a stable population from generation to generation. In the United States, that replacement fertility rate is 1.62. There is talk at the highest level about awarding $5,000 per baby and other incentives to get America to produce more children. Given the seriousness of the problem, the $5,000 concept ap…
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