Prometheus 6

It took him a couple of days to get to it, but it's actually not a bad idea to think about controvesial stuff before speaking. As a general practice.

“We should be making it easier for fathers who make responsible choices and harder for those who avoid them,” he said.

But a lot more is needed. One of the main reasons out-of-wedlock births have skyrocketed in recent decades is because it has become so difficult for poor and poorly educated young men to earn enough to support a family.

There is no doubt that a lot of clowns have fathered babies when they shouldn’t have, and too many have irresponsibly taken a walk. But it’s also incredibly difficult for many of these young people to find the kind of employment that makes raising a family feasible.

The U.S. economy does not come close to providing decent employment — enough jobs — for everyone who wants to work. At the lowest end of the economic ladder the crisis in employment is reminiscent of the Great Depression in its intensity.

It is in this group of poor and educationally deprived young people that out-of-wedlock births are highest.

And don't tell them to zip it up, either. I'd love it if things were that simple but we're talking biology here. Any noise you want to make can be no more than explanation of what happens when those biochemical dominos start falling.

The best of us have a sexual fantasy every minute or so.

The justification for full employment is the same as that for effective sexual education: people WILL be sexually active, and it's best for them to be ready for the repercussions.