386: Monday Musing: Working Class Americans Can't Afford Kids!

386: Monday Musing: Working Class Americans Can't Afford Kids!

From Left of Lansing by Left of Lansing

April 13, 2026 · 5 min · Episode 386

About this episode

The episode discusses the declining birth rates in the U.S. and the economic factors influencing working-class Americans' decisions to have fewer or no children.

Click here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join Here's the Left of Lansing "Monday Musing" for April 13, 2026. The Centers For Disease Control reports that birth rates in the United States continued to drop for another year. There's a few reasons why this is the case, including women wanting to focus on careers and have kids later on, and that less teenagers are getting pregnant (thankfully!). But one MAIN reason why adults are choosing to have fewer kids, or no kids at all, is because we live in a country that's rigged the game for the billionaire Epstein Class against the working class. LOL's Pat Johnston explains. Please, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can! leftoflansing@gmail.com Left of Lansing is now on YouTube as well ! Music provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard Click here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join NOTES: " CDC’s 2025 data shows birth rates continuing to slide ." By Kelsie Moseley-Morris of Michigan Advance "…

People in this episode

Host: Pat Johnston

Topics covered

  • birth rates
  • working class
  • family planning
  • economic inequality
  • women's rights
  • career focus

Keywords

  • birth rates
  • working class
  • economic inequality
  • CDC
  • family planning
  • women's rights
  • Pat Johnston

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Organizations: Centers For Disease Control, Michigan Advance, KFF News, Idaho Capital News, Space Leopard

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