[DonQuigleone]

Originally Posted by willx

@DonQuigleone -- Yeah, that's for ONE child. The discussion is talking about population growth, so 3+ kids per couple .. and let's not forget comparative differences in cost-of-living.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graph.../daily-chart-7

Even two kids would be only 24k, still affordable to most middle class couples. It's a far cry from the 35k per kid per year in Japan. In fact, for one kid in Japan, you could have three in the USA.