A New Government Memo Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
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The memo also said recipients of federal transportation dollars must cooperate with immigration enforcement, a hit to so-called sanctuary cities.

Summary

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a memo prioritizing federal funding for communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average.

The directive, which applies to grants, loans, and contracts, also prioritizes projects benefiting families with young children.

A congressional aide criticized the policy, saying, “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be… It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’”

The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.

  • SchadrachEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Not that surprised. You have three options:

    1. Make babies above the replacement rate. This tends to be hard to control/enforce in general.
    2. Import lots of people from outside. This tends to cause cultural drift, reduced social trust and various kinds of other complications if you aren’t careful about it.
    3. Have an aging and shrinking populace and with it tax base, GDP, and several other things that are pretty important at a national scale.