Letter: Our economy is anti-family

If families do not have access to affordable health insurance, prenatal care will run you up to $2,000.

We have doctors who refuse health care services if you do not have health insurance.

We have some health care insurance companies who will refuse/deny you if your family is expecting.

The cost of infant formula/baby food can run you up from a cost average of $45 to as much as $115.

Baby hygiene/basic necessities (diapers, wipes, clothing, etc, etc) can cost on average more than $100 per month.

We encourage our children to be fruitful and multiply, but not build them a level playing field. The same way our parents and grandparents had.

Infants and children deserve to live in a safe and healthy environment.

This is why we have a constant cycle of childhood poverty and intergenerational wealth downward mobility.

Then we cast judgment if the said family gets on "welfare" or "food stamps".

Our economy is not anti-family because of Republicans or Democrats; conservatives or liberals.

We just live in an economic society where we over-commercialize family life.

Sadly, our leaders refuse to take notice of the economic side of family life. They are mostly concerned about the social aspect of family life, particularly, same-sex couples starting a family.

I am also worried about the social aspects of family life, particularly, the mental/behavioral/environmental health of the family's household, the instructional/educational upbringing of the child; and the overall health and well-being of the family as a whole unit.

We must end the over-commercialization and the inherent greed we display in family life.

We must fight for an economy that is pro-family. For mom, dad and baby.

Terry Brooks

Smith River