JD Vance's Doomed Plan for Family Planning

JD Vance’s Doomed Plan for Family Planning

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Tags: Media and Culture, Planning, Politics, U.S. History

09/18/2026 Ryan McMaken Jeffery L. Degner

Economist Jeffery Degner joins Ryan McMaken to discuss why government plans to increase the birth rate have never actually worked. But offering to give voters free money for having children is often good politics.

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