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America’s Low Birth Rate Will Force a Fiscal Reckoning

According to recent CDC data, United States births declined to another record low in 2025. The fertility rate now stands at 1.57 births per woman, not far above the “ultra-low” threshold of 1.3—a level associated with a “low-fertility trap,” in which fewer births becomes a self-reinforcing dynamic and difficult to reverse. Meantime, the median American is now approaching 40 years of age, up from 35 in 2001.

While the Congressional Budget Office expects the U.S. population to keep growing until 2056, the graying of America has already created severe political and economic strains for which the country remains unprepared. Most policy solutions—cutting entitlement spending, increasing immigration, or raising the retirement age—either lack feasibility or face intense bipartisan opposition. Absent a change in the political winds, we may soon see the Left and Right unite behind a counterproductive option: raising taxes.

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2 thoughts on “America’s Low Birth Rate Will Force a Fiscal Reckoning”

  1. The only ones who have babies are the ones who don’t have to pay for them. Baby daddies nowhere to be found so us working stiffs have to feed you and your illegits so those working stiffs can’t afford to have children of their own,

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