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Fox News doc says not enough ’15 to 19′ year-olds are having kids: ‘The fertility is down’
(www.mediaite.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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As another commentor pointed out in the article thee thread, yea, he says these words, but that's not what it seems like he means, or even some Freudian slip.
He's talking about the problem with the numbers, and happens to start with the teenage statistic, immediately moving on the young adults and then the "why" behind it.
So many crazies on TV, this guy doesn't seem like one of them (other than agreeing to be on FOX).
He mostly focuses on the under 20 demographic, though later he also is concerned about under 30, but most of his response centers around the figures he cited exclusively about under 20.
It's plainly clear he thinks we need a bit more irresponsibility in child rearing. He may not be personally interested in the age bracket, but he does absolutely want them getting pregnant.
Which on the surface of it is a way to get more people generally, but also a way to increase the particularly desperate labor pool that is ripe for exploitation in 15 years or so.
Upon further consideration, it actually creates a more desperate labor pool immediately. Instead of unattached 18 year olds that can spend a few years in university, you have teen parents that need to take care of things right now.