sapphira thinks that it's just ot that simplistic. fewer people will not mean less crime if the fewer people are a bunch of freaks. behavior is affected by numbers of people, perhaps, but ultimately it is about values...
as to Social Security, it wasn't ever supposed to be a sole payment for retirement anyway, so START SAVING AND INVESTING for your future. to not do this smacks too much of letting the government have absolute control over sapphira's life, and she doesn't like that....
besides, typically a new waeve of immigration produces a larger working base to pay for entitlements of preceding groups, so perhaps we should welcome and benefit our newcomers a bit more kindly? after all, at some point all of our families were at that particular stage of the great capitalist experiment that we know and love....
as to women's guilt, the tables have turned and women who stay at home typically feel more guilt in our current culture [question at social functions to stay-at-home: so what do you DO with your life?]
sapphira thinks she is going to relax and have as many children as she is comfortable with and be happy and content.....she cannot solve the world problems alone
