Population among the United States and those of the village of Laviano, Italy
             are very different. Currently as of May 9, 2004, the estimate population of the
             U.S. is 293,208,368 (www.overpopulation.org, 2004) while, the village of
             Laviano in 2002 only saw four births (The Sunday Telegraph).
             In the village of Laviano generations ago, children would flood the
             streets, now they are quiet and it is hard to find a child anywhere. The schools
             are empty, the parks are not played on, and they is no child laughter to be
             heard. It is full of older people that once were the children that flooded the
             streets but, all grown up. Three decades ago, the village saw about 70 births
             per 1,500 people. Then, in 2002 only 4 births. This doesn't seem to be
             happening to this village either, another village in Vastrogirardi only had 2
             births in 2002 and none in 2001. It seems to be a common trend among Italian
             women to only have one child these days. Soon Italians will eventually
             become extinct because of the lack of births. The government has even
             stepped to help the Italian culture stay alive by offering mothers 1,000 euros
             for every second birth. Throughout the country 190,000 euros were paid total
             last year. The minister felt it was a success so this year he is paying euros for
             every first birth also. Similarly in the village of Laviano, where births are very
             rare, the mayor decided to offer moms 10,000 euros for each birth paid over 5
             years. Anonietta Salvatore, a resident of Laviano, who just gave birth to twins
             said "I just became pregnant, that's all. But, if I had the choice now to have
             another, I wouldn't do so. The incentive wouldn't be enough to make me
             have another child." A professor of statistics wanted to find out what would
             make Italian women want to have more children and the results were
             surprising. Italian women wanted their husbands to be more involved in th...