Are low/falling wages now threatening the American family and the ability to have/raise children?

[Union Yes]

Is growing poverty due to outsourcing/free trade/low wages/unemployment having a negative impact on birth rates in today's America?

Is it becoming unaffordable to bring a child into this world nowadays?

Are people not having children because of growing poverty?

Most people nowadays are struggling to make ends meet. Many folks can hardly fend for themselves nowadays, let alone trying to raise a child. It's becoming a challenge just to feed/clothe/shelter ourselves.

Falling wages are a prime suspect. The purchase power of the working class is in a state of freefall due to waning earning power and unemployment.

I recently talked to a lifelong friend who's been married for 8 years. Him and his wife are in their mid 30's. He told me that they aren't planning on having any children any time soon and perhaps never because he said that they can't even afford to hardly eat and he can't even afford a prescription medicine that he's supposed to be taking.

They don't have any children and aren't planning for a family because of their impoverished situation. It really got me thinking. How prevalent is this problem throughout our society.

If you've read this far..

Do you know of anyone that this scenario applies to? Look closely at America in the past 30 years. Especially since NAFTA and free trade began outsourcing almost every good paying middle class job. Manufacturing gone. Along with it, the middle class. Gone.

Is it becoming nearly impossible for working class Americans to raise a family nowadays?

Are low/falling wages and growing poverty impacting birth rates in America?