Let us ask ourselves “Why do the MORE developed countries birth FEWER babies?” Is it that they concluded that it makes SENSE today, given that infant mortality is less now, that having more kids brings the standard of living of the family down or that they think it’s the right thing to do for purely selfish reasons? Gee, the less amount of people might even help achieve the goal of The Green New Deal by not needing so much fossil fuels causing all that ozone depletion and soaring temperatures. Less folks, more food per person, less competition for better jobs… you know “Less is More.”

Did/does China ‘encourage’ population growth limitation? Have other countries (non-communist) agreed with this approach? This direction MIGHT be worth looking into.

The ‘BIDEN-RALL approach’ of flooding America with ‘Baby-making’ “MACHINES” in order to secure future voters and keep the Economy chugging along is but one solution to an anticipated problem later, but creating real problems right now.

Or perhaps our lower live birth rate is lower because those same leaders believe abortion, which lowers the live birth rate, is another political stand to take since Jose and Josetta will pick up the slack?

Some might think I have a vendetta against Ted Rall, I always seem to dump on his hair-brained proposals. Nope, NOT ME! I go after ANYONE who talks like Ted. Ted actually called himself a ‘leftist’, saving me the bother. He dances The Dump-on-Trump and ‘spins’ Joe around even though neither one dances very well. Ted uses nasty words to describe Donny and glowing ones for Joe.

You see, Ted thinks Joe is a real visionary and is looking forward. Yes, he better look where he’s heading or he might trip and fall again.

And has Kammie found the Basement Door as she just hammers away at the Abortion issue and little else?

Ted and Joe, a lot has changed since MY grandparents landed at Ellis Island. The world automated and labor shortages are different now. Is the influx of unskilled, poor, non-English speaking, hungry homeless masses the ANSWER to our Baby Shortage? HUH? Is it REALLY? Do they sometimes add to our drug usage and crime statistics also? Are we now supposed to ‘celebrate’ and support their drain on our resources?

I do not know for sure, but PERHAPS a new approach to our problems can be achieved without willy-nilly adding to them? Albert Einstein’s theory of ‘insanity’ may apply here…I don’t know…but I don’t claim I do as Ted Rall so often (always?) does

Richard Phillips

New Iberia