Losing the American Dream
by James Buchanan
A recent news article reports on a new phenomenon: “Toby Byrum decided to have a vasectomy to end his reproductive years. Unlike most of them, Byrum had his at the age of 28 while he is still single and childless. Two years later, the Web consultant from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has no regrets… He’s not alone… (Doctors) around the country say that they are seeing a small but growing number of young men who are deciding to have vasectomies when they are young, all but insuring that they will never be able to have children of their own. ‘It’s kind of getting to be a departure from this society – a wife, a husband, have kids, live in the suburbs, – and instead is more, ‘Maybe we don’t want to have kids,’ ‘ Byrum said.”
One thing they don’t mention in the article is that the standard of living for the average White family keeps dropping and dropping and dropping. It used to be the case that a young White man in his 20s could buy a house in a nice neighborhood. Also, the husband could support the family with his salary and the wife had the luxury of being a full time mom if she wanted. Today many White people live in apartments even into their 30s and 40s, and many wind up raising families in apartments. (more…)