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Entry: Mr. bin Laden, Meet Mr. Kennan--A New Containment Policy Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mr_bin_laden_meet_mr_kennan_a_new_containment_policy#19871 Post contents: A couple more thoughts about birth rates: The fact that they are related to optimism about the future indicates that most "pro-natalist" government policies are unlikely to do much to increase birth rates, at least over the long run. Neither are more abstract considerations, such as "preserving the white race" or "outbreeding Muslims." My wife and I have six children, and our seventh, God willing, will be born two weeks from today. At no point have we ever said, "Hey, wouldn't it be great to get another tax deduction!" or "Whites are going to be a minority in the United States by 2050--let's see what we can do to stop that" or "I hear that the mosque is bursting at the seams--time for us to have another!" On the other hand, we've also never sat down and "run the numbers" to determine whether we can "afford" another child. We don't have to, for the same reason that we don't shop at Wal-Mart: We don't live our lives as Austrian "consumers," but as husband and wife, father and mother, son and daughter. (That, by the way, reminds me of an article I've long wanted to write: How "Always Low Prices" Leads to Always Low Birthrates.) Sent at: 2008 08 29