Reply #59: Another take on this which might get flamed

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When this first started happening my view was that from a macro standpoint the government was trying to create incentives for the most productive citizens (ie taxpayers) to have more children. On a micro scale it is ludicrous to think a $1,000 would be the break point for individuals deciding to have children or not but from a macro scale I think it is effective.

It may be that all citizens are fungible and it does not matter whether the next generation genetically and culturally comes from traditional middle class parents, or it could be that the societal demands that will be placed on those children will need some sort of familial/cultural link. In other words will the child from Latin America be willing to step up and pay your Social Security, or will he/she be more apt to ask the question - "What about my parents?"