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DonCoquixote

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44. Your quote

Reply to DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 03:52 AM

Feb 2013

" The world will be more sustainable, cleaner, greener, and that, no matter how we get there is the goal for most of us. "

Sounds like you think the death of the Middle class is worth it for gaia.

"those who would sacrifice an entire generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind." Eric Hoffer.

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America's Baby Bust. The nation's falling fertility rate is the root cause [View all] DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 OP

"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