America faces an aging crisis: We have too few young people supporting too many older people — at the very moment Social Security, our national retirement program, nears insolvency.
To make matters worse, young people are increasingly scared to have kids — in part because they fear AI will make finding and keeping a job harder.
Why it matters: Giving cash is a go-to White House move, one that pre-dates Trump. It's a crowd pleaser, typically reserved for moments when the economy is in clear distress — except that's not quite where the U.S. is now.