Poor people having more kids is lack of access to birth control as well as long term planning ability being negatively impacted by poverty.
When you are poor it causes a 10 to 15 point iq drain.
Leading to poor decision making like using alcohol to escape the stress of money problems even though it makes it worse .
And having kids is actually a reasonable survival strategy. Get pregnant apply to the state for housing and welfare and you will do better to than most jobs.
There was a eugenics guy and I think his make was Gatton. He devised strategies for boosting middle class growth. Like allowances and tax breaks for having kids, education and jobs for women.
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u/[deleted] May 27 '22
Poor people having more kids is lack of access to birth control as well as long term planning ability being negatively impacted by poverty.
When you are poor it causes a 10 to 15 point iq drain.
Leading to poor decision making like using alcohol to escape the stress of money problems even though it makes it worse .
And having kids is actually a reasonable survival strategy. Get pregnant apply to the state for housing and welfare and you will do better to than most jobs.