Money Talks
Like most others in the U.S., I'm in the struggling middle class. And like most in this category, I can't fully realize what I would do with gobs of money.
But I like to think that if I had the money of an Elon Musk, a Donald Trump or the Mormon Church, I'd see that no babies or children starve to death. I would also use my money to try to stop tribal wars in Africa.
I'd also work on disease prevention and illiteracy. I'd see to it that anyone wanting a college degree would have a full scholarship. I'd further endow organizations to help cult members to become enlightened.
Owning one's own 747, having multiple lavish homes and gaudy temples, or using my mega-wealth to take advantage of those with limited education would not be on my to-do list. And even with all of this, I might lay awake at nights worrying that I was not doing enough.
If elected officials really cared for their constituents, they would spend time in soup kitchens, county jails, state prisons, youth detention facilities and at food distribution sites. They would also spend time with single parents trying to get by on minimum wages—especially challenging in states like Utah, where politicians tout a good place to do business because of the low minimum wages.
I'd also want politicians to travel with the poor single women who have to travel hundreds of miles to seek a safe abortion. Just call me a dreamer, like in the John Lennon song.
TED OTTINGER
Taylorsville
"Making Babies,"
May 29 Cover Story
There's more to life than being weighed down with the responsibilities of bearing and raising children in a country and state where cost of living keeps going up and our wages stay the same. Even if they give women $5,000 per kid, there's still tens of thousands of dollars needed to raise a kid to adulthood.
_C_AM_I_
Via Instagram
I'm certain that if Mike Lee wants more Utahns to have kids, he just needs to make more tweets about it, since he doesn't tweet nearly enough.
GULA.MAX
Via Instagram
Education, jobs, housing, insurance and childcare. Let's address our already existing issues before we encourage people to bring down all these heaven babies.
DARBY S. HINTON
Via Facebook
Can these folks stay out of our bathrooms, bedrooms and doctors offices please?
LUCYSCHOENFELD
Via Instagram
I question the statement that the birth rate is falling—everywhere is full, daycares are full, schools are full. Doctors' offices for kids and pregnant women are full. I feel like we're procreating just fine. I feel like they just want us tied down with babies so we're too preoccupied to fight the system.
BREWJA801
Via Instagram
There's $3.5 million in school lunch debt. How about we work on feeding the children that are currently here living?
NICHOLE LAKIS
Via Facebook
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