http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=012705D

This article was very good and confirms my sucspsion
  • The articles talks of how using a child as a "saftey blanket" to keep the family farm or name is no longer needed. However this alone does account for the sheer drop in population
"In terms of intergenerational solidarity, the importance of the child as
an investment for material support in old age has been limited by the
social security and pension insurance system, which has eliminated
people's immediate dependence on children. The importance of the child's role in relation to its parents has transferred to the emotional sphere, which reduced the direct material indispensability of children in a family, while also allowing for them being replaced with certain substitutes
bringing emotional satisfaction."
  • In the above quote it talks about emotinoal satisfaction. This could be anything but before modern times it was a child. The popualtion of dog owners in Europe has skyrockted among young professionals as it brings the same kind of satisfaction with much less work and pressure than a child
"It is virtually impossible to make a living. Just take Rome. Life with a
minimum of human dignity (a small rented apartment, occasional dinner in
a restaurant) requires a monthly pay of 3,000 euros before taxation, which accounts for some 1,800 euros after tax. If in the Anglo-Saxon world a majority of adults is expected to live an independent life on their own salaries, in Italy this is often not the case. An incredible 70 percent of unmarried Italians aged between 25 and 29 live with their parents, where they
benefit from subsidized housing and where their poor incomes amount to
a handsome pocket money."
  • In America and Europe cripling taxes have turned out to be a double edged sword raping the middle class without much to show. Along with that pensionos and extensive welfare systems in Europe are another reason why child bearing has taken a backseat.
  • 25% of Europes youth is unemployed agian cuasinig the derailment. I of course have a soultion lower taxes by cutting studnet benifts and some pension and welfare and force the younglins to get jobs start a carrer and have a family
  • Of course what would a thread on European population be without our good friends the moslems. With large amounts of immgraents streaming into Eurpoe (250,000 a year in Germany) who tend to have more chilfren the demography of Europe will change dramaticlly. A vigourus young moslem population (many with strong ties to there homeland and devoutness that would make Fred Phelps blush) will quickly over take an aging white population. We will see Notre Dame cathadrel become a grand mosuqe.
  • This also means the EUs dream of becoming a 3rd superpower will fail and there economic and miltary status will not be close to that of China or the USA (who has a birth rate comparble to a devopling country)
  • Taxes are the key if we can change the tax structure in Europe the dominoes will fall and Europe will be saved. If not bye-bye culture and tourism. Hello a slow suffcating death.