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lumberjack_jeff

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6. Birthrates fall *because of* improving standard of living.
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 02:21 PM
Feb 2013

That fact must cause nontrivial cognitive dissonance in some circles.

"First, global population growth is slowing to a halt and will begin to shrink within 60 years. " Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #1
If you read the article you'll see many like myself are choosing to participate in voluntary populat DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #3
Population control happens when women are in charge of their own Cleita Feb 2013 #12
Thank God for that!!! Maybe people wilkl lear to enjou what they have and leave others' stuff alon kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #24
Absolutely, Cleita. Keeping women illiterate and enslaved ensures the baby machinery Hekate Feb 2013 #25
I've done a tremendous amount of reading on this over the last 1-2 years Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #47
That is true. Better educated people have fewer children. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #29
WTF - "useless eaters" DURHAM D Feb 2013 #2
It's absolutely disgusting. That's what many conservatives refer to them as. DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #5
I have never heard it before. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #7
Here, read this. It's a very popular term. I put it in quotation because it's NOT my thoughts DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #11
It is only popular among certain types. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #13
What ever. I'd rather know what's really going on out there. Living in a bubble pretending it's DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #14
You don't belong here. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #22
That is what the Nazi propaganda called OldEurope Feb 2013 #18
OP casts a wider net than even the final solution. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #23
This has been alluded to in the recent past with code words Cleita Feb 2013 #34
Forget about the think tanks or the article. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #38
The poster got those words from some RW blog who found it in any number of RW Cleita Feb 2013 #40
I never listen to anything WSJ puts out liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #4
Birthrates fall *because of* improving standard of living. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #6
good point. I'll have to bring that up to my dad. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #8
Yes. And is either mitigated by or caused by increasing live expectancy Kber Feb 2013 #37
The problem is easy enough to solve with increased immigration. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #9
The problem is that birthrates of the USA's nearest neighbors are dropping below the bluestate10 Feb 2013 #33
Thats not really a problem for us. Travis_0004 Feb 2013 #35
"If we want to continue leading the world, we simply must figure out a way to have more babies" arcane1 Feb 2013 #10
Exactly.....n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #27
America's environment has become much cleaner and more sustainable? PADemD Feb 2013 #15
children are way too expensive ecstatic Feb 2013 #16
you got that right liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #17
The Renaissance owed a LOT to The Black Plague SoCalDem Feb 2013 #19
Sorry, but America's environment hasn't gotten much cleaner, at least in regards to fertility, MadHound Feb 2013 #20
ok.. Who will FEED those "those wealthy (who can afford children)" annabanana Feb 2013 #21
. BootinUp Feb 2013 #26
"The comfort of the rich depend on an unlimited supply of the poor." Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #28
The RW's obsession with the right people reproducing is racist bullshit and it doesn't belong here. LeftyMom Feb 2013 #30
"...growing populations lead to increased innovation and conservation..." randome Feb 2013 #31
Jonathan Last (writer) is a major asswipe Freddie Feb 2013 #32
This tripe is from the Wall Street Journal (aka the Murdoch Street Journal). madinmaryland Feb 2013 #36
As is the poster's hate speech. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #39
Children cost on the order of $300,000 each to raise and educate -- and they are a bad investment. FarCenter Feb 2013 #41
Ridiculous drivel from the corporate right wing. First they scream that there are shortages, high HiPointDem Feb 2013 #42
You realise the article you call "very good" is blaming you for the American decline, don't you? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #43
Your quote DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #44
how about another explanation bossy22 Feb 2013 #45
I BLAME BEYONCE! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #46
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