{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Monday Musing: Working Class Americans Can't Afford Kids!","description":"Click here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join)\nhttps://www.patreon.com/15494297/join\n\nHere's the Left of Lansing \"Monday Musing\" for April 13, 2026.\n\nThe Centers For Disease Control reports that birth rates in the United States continued to drop for another year.\n\nThere's a few reasons why this is the case, including women wanting to focus on careers and have kids later on, and that less teenagers are getting pregnant (thankfully!).\n\nBut one MAIN reason why adults are choosing to have fewer kids, or no kids at all, is because we live in a country that's rigged the game for the billionaire Epstein Class against the working class.\n\nLOL's Pat Johnston explains.\n\nPlease, subscribe to the podcast, download each episode, and give it a good review if you can!\n\nleftoflansing@gmail.com\n\nLeft of Lansing is now on YouTube as well (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQQWjoUxWJCQwSDv-7jKpqQ) !\n\nMusic provided by Wanderbeats. To hear the latest project, visit Space Leopard on various streaming sites, or visit: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceLeopard\nClick here to donate $5 on Left of Lansing on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/15494297/join)\nhttps://www.patreon.com/15494297/join\n\nNOTES:\n\n\"CDC’s 2025 data shows birth rates continuing to slide (https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/12/repub/cdcs-2025-data-shows-birth-rates-continuing-to-slide/) .\" By Kelsie Moseley-Morris of Michigan Advance\n\n\"Urgent care clinics move to fill abortion care gaps in rural areas (https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/08/urgent-care-clinics-move-to-fill-abortion-care-gaps-in-rural-areas/) .\" By Kathy Wells of KFF News (Via Michigan Advance)\n\n\"Conservatives want to increase birth rates. These moms are terrified to have more kids (https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/02/04/conservatives-want-to-increase-birth-rates-these-moms-are-terrified-to-have-more-kids/) .\"  By Kelsie Moseley-Morris of Idaho Capital News\n\n#podcast #progressive #Michigan #Democrats #Trump #Republicans #MAGA #childcare #WealthInequality #Medicare #HealthCare #Children #Medicaid #MedicareForAll #WorkingClass #Populism #RiggedCapitalism #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption #AbortionCare #GenZ #Economy #Fasicsm #Democracy #LeftofLansing","author_name":"Left of Lansing","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4988141-left-of-lansing","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43585210/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}