It must be the vodka!

After the Soviet Union fell,the birth rates in Russia dropped by 50 percent and while the population is still decreasing rapidly,births are on the rise.Thanks in part to their Government ,more women of childbearing age are choosing to have children.Experts are warning against false optimism,saying that while the economy was better,the population rate would still drop because Russia has the lowest life expectancy of any other European country and deaths outnumber births.
The Kremlin expanded maternity benefits and offered to provide mothers with vouchers and other financial incentives for each subsequent child after their firstborn.
When I first heard this,I thought of intrusive and Communistic that was and how it would never happen here in the USA-then it occured to me that it already IS happening right here in America.
Think about it.... in America can one have numerous children that they are not prepared to care for,and they are are rewarded by the Government for doing so.The only problem with that is demographics.While Russia's population is dangerously low and enough of a problem for them to throw money at,the US population is bursting at the seams and growing more every day.
And it just might be more than Socialistic policies creating the baby boom-it could be the vodka!