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This context makes otherwise unobjectionable family-friendly proposals — like that of a $5,000 baby bonus — seem more sinister, meager attempts at restoring the single-earner, single-caregiver family structure associated with a bygone era of American prosperity and dominance.

Proposals include giving mothers of big families "medals" for child-bearing or even paying new moms a $5,000 baby bonus.

Along with a potential increase of the credit, the Trump administration is considering a one-time, $5,000 baby bonus and other incentives, according to The New York Times.

Even supporters of the baby bonus say that it’s a temporary measure that could help, but will not automatically incentivize more Americans to have kids.

“A $2,000 baby bonus would cost a modest $5.3-$7.7 billion per year, depending on whether it was a universal program or phased in at a 20 percent rate to be fully claimable at $10,000 of earnings,” Niskanen Center’s Leah Sargeant argues in the report.