Did the government in Italy really pay parents who have more children?

Answer 1

Not just in Italy. It also a policy that needs to be instituted in the US for middle income women, for the same reasons the policy was established in Europe.

In Europe, middle income families are the standard, rather than the exception. Here, there are far more low income families.

Starting 30 years ago, middle income women began having less children, with growing number deciding to have no children. Of interest, the 2006 movie Idiocracy was a good example of this.

With Middle Income families being the standard, this resulted in the population growth in many countries going into negative growth. Here in the US, the result has been the middle and upper income portion of our society is shrinking, which is having an effect on the tax base. Worse, the greatest affect has been on the production of male children, which has dropped by 21% where now there are less male than female children being born. With the much higher death rates in males, especially from suicide (17X) and on the job injuries (700X), if not for the economic downturn, we would be seeing a growing shortage of men for jobs women are unwilling to take.