But still, I think if it became necessary, governments could offer a one time cash payment of 50,000 dollars per child and that would send birth rates up pretty fast. That’s not free though. I see what you’re saying about it being a different situation now, and you’re right, it is.

There are about 4,000,000 live births in the USA every year; paying 50,000 for each of them would cost 200 billion, which is less than a third of the military budget, not cheap, but doable.