> Individuals correctly identify the costs of marriage and having children and choose rationally to avoid incurring those costs, or are simply unable to incur

> Individuals correctly identify the costs of marriage and having children and choose rationally to avoid incurring those costs, or are simply unable to incur those costs in the case of homeownership. It's all fine, everything is going as planned. You don't want the next generation to be rational critical thinkers. And if the current generation refuses to reproduce, that's awesome! There are loads of others who don't look at this rationally and their offsprings will likely not. These are the voters you want!