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Nigrum Cattus

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14. 100% project 2025

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:03 PM

Apr 15

Two academics have argued that the "harmful over-consumption of schooling" is responsible for the plummeting birth rate across the U.S.

Jay P. Greene and Lindsey M. Burke, both Ph.Ds, are concerned that other Americans may be becoming unnecessarily educated. An overview of their argument was published on Monday on the website of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank where Burke is the director of the Center for Education Policy and Greene is a senior research fellow.

The Heritage Foundation is the group behind Project 2025, the conservative manifesto for how the U.S. should be restructured under incoming President Donald Trump.
here is the link to the whole article https://www.newsweek.com/birth-rate-population-timebomb-education-project-2025-1998690

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It's so creepy that these people see major declines in teen pregnancy as a bad thing. [View all] applegrove Apr 15 OP

But then they would shame teenagers for having sex outside of marriage EdmondDantes_ Apr 15 #1

The drop in birth-rates is a crisis worldwide MadameButterfly Apr 15 #7

We need to figure it out because you can't have infinite population growth EdmondDantes_ Apr 15 #18

Yes, but I'm talking about populations going down MadameButterfly Thursday #31

Of course, the concern is the decrease in the white birthrate. J_William_Ryan Apr 15 #2

Coming soon. Marcuse Apr 15 #21

God damn it,... magicarpet Thursday #27

Lebensborn DBoon Apr 15 #3

If she wants to talk about "an existential threat to humanity" ... perfessor Apr 15 #4

I'm a ZPG fan Another Jackalope Thursday #25

I'm sure that GOPers are upset Mad_Machine76 Apr 15 #5

Translation: "WE NEED MORE WHITE BABIES!" Wednesdays Apr 15 #6

Further translation: "AGE OF CONSENT IS TOO HIGH!" durablend Apr 15 #15

Well that's just math. Iggo Apr 15 #22

I'm outraged and baffled Vogon_Glory Apr 15 #8

Yes less teen births is good IbogaProject Thursday #24

Katie is such a hypocrite mgardener Apr 15 #9

People should grow up before having babies, legal or not. twodogsbarking Apr 15 #10

These people... skypilot Apr 15 #11

What we need right now... purr-rat beauty Apr 15 #12

Mother Earth is quite happy with negative birth rates and is probably working on her own way to shake us off ;) n/t Cheezoholic Apr 15 #13

The planet doesn't care if there are humans on it or not. We do. Another Jackalope Thursday #28

100% project 2025 Nigrum Cattus Apr 15 #14

There is a correlation between higher multigraincracker Apr 15 #19

Make America as uneducated, dumb, ill read, and as stupid as trDUMP. magicarpet Thursday #30

They want kids to have kids. But why do immigrant kids need to leave? IronLionZion Apr 15 #16

Skin color. Iggo Apr 15 #23

More debt is not the only result of tax breaks for the rich. Festivito Apr 15 #17

I said, in a related thread, that, in ,y professional pediatric opinion... 3catwoman3 Apr 15 #20

DURec leftstreet Thursday #26

They want a new "Baby Scoop" era get the red out Thursday #29