Posted on 02/07/2010 3:53:29 PM PST by bronkburnett
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=124272
On "Forbes on Fox" on Jan. 30, 2010, the discussion turned to how population is affecting the U.S. economy. The panelists and Steve Forbes agreed that the USA needs more babies.
The No. 1 variable affecting our economy today is the decision by our government, from the late 1960s to 1985, to promote zero-population growth, with the number of births decreasing. The birthrate fell from 2.3 children per family to 1.3 at times. To maintain a population, a birthrate of 2.1 children is required. That decreased birthrate has impacted everything from demand for products to health-care costs to relaxed immigration laws and Social Security shortfalls.
As of 2008, the number of people between the ages of 40 and 55 has been decreasing as a percent of the total population. It is not a coincidence that the economy took a dive in 2008. This age group has the highest impact on the economy and is at its highest income. It is consuming the most products. This age group lives in big houses that require lots of furniture. They buy additional cars. They pay the most taxes. Their children are teenagers and college students with big consumption. So as this group is decreasing, so is the economy. And this age group will not increase again until 2022.
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Bullseye.
Nam Vet
Abortion = Our Nation and most of the world hung by it’s own petard. It is genocide against generations. It is the suicide of nations and cultures. It’s effects will be eternal. It should be the #1 so-called “fiscal conservative” issue. It should also be the #1 national security issue. And anyone who knows that God is just knows that we are in more peril than Sodom and Gomorrah ever were.
I am new to posting on Free Republic but felt I should suggest two documentaries. “Demographic Winter” and “Demographic Bomb”. The first one gives a good picture of what happens when a nation has a declining birth rate. I believe it was filmed in 2005 and predicted the economic collapse to happen around 2009 based on birth rates.
Which is why California remains such a paradise /more sarc
Our business, political and academic leaders adore the Renaissance. Have a look at the size of the world population during the Renaissance.
“Why are you here then?”
Why indeed? I would prefer not to be.
I think you misunderstand what I am saying. Being stupid, mentally difficient, or of the ‘wrong’ race is not a Liberal policy.
We have ‘inferior’, and by inferior I do mean intellecutally disabled, but more specifically culturally inferior groups that are reproducing irresponsibly (no idea who the father is, never had a job, illerate, generally stupid people) who have children because of two reasons. First, the goverment ‘encourages’ this by giving them free housing, more money to buy goods, free food, free medical and other associated programs. This is a Liberal policy, and has nothing to do with Conservatism. The Liberals have determined that everyone is entitled to everything, regardless of whether that person works for it or not.
Conversely, those who work are discouraged by having more of their income confiscated by taxes. Consider, in the 1950’s it was common to tax shelter 50-60% of your income, due to taxes shelters paid on car loans, fees, sales tax, local taxes etc. It was commonplace for families to survive quite comfortably on a single income. The harder you work, not only do you pay more in tax, the rate of how much is forcibly taken from you increases as well - and the amount of tax deductions you get is dimminished.
The result is obvious. I go to college, I get ‘x’ years of experience in my field, I did this so that my wife and I could enjoy some benefits of our hard work. If this means that instead of having 3.6 kids, we have 1.7; the choice is an easy one. Have 1.7 kids and take the nice vacations, buy the nice car and nicer home; or have 3.6 kids and live the less luxurious lifestyle.
Guess what? Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers and other of our brightest are not having as many children as the less educated among us. In a great many cases, they are taking themselves out of the gene pool entirely. Not to worry, though ... the welfare folk are more than making up the difference.
Back in the 50’s Schools rewarded achievement. The idea of ‘Pass to Play’ was never even a thought, it was assumed. The average grade was a ‘C’ and you had to work to get it. If you didn’t work, you flunked. If you flunked, there was social stigma attached, much like the military ‘Dishonorable Discharge’. There were consequences. Today, thanks to our Libtards, there are no consequences, there is no wrong answer and conversely, there is no ‘right’ answer.
Today, we cannot do enough for the loser. We will lower our standards so the dumbest man in the room can pass. In many cases, simply showing up is ‘good enough’. Can’t get a job because you have no interest in learning? No problem, we’ll impose ‘Diversity’ so we can over-look qualifications and insure ‘Equality of results, instead of ‘equality of access to achieve’.
The result of these libtard polices? The brightest of us are chosing to live their life with fewer children, so they can enjoy more of the benefits of their work. The dumber people are encouraged to reproduce to get more money from the workers, without having to work themselves.
These are Libtard policies, and they have doomed us all.
Then just make that not being here happen. Turn off the computer and walk away. It’s easy.
“A nation that kills its own children is a nation without hope.”
John Paul II
I understand what you are saying...but would not totally agree with your conclusion. I start from the point of view that humans are created in the image of God so I cannot accept the idea of ‘inferior’ people. I would agree that there are a lot of people that have been lied to and are now living in that lie. The information I have seen appears to show that the decline in having children goes across income and education levels...granted the high income levels tend to have fewer children than lower but all income levels are decreasing. Nationally the issue does not appear to be money but the desire to give of ourselves to the next generation...do I need all the stuff or can I do with out some stuff and instead have another child...
I would suggest seeing the documentary “Demographic Winter”. It goes through several of the reasons we are seeing a decline in birthrates and that there are certain groups that are still having children and it has nothing to do with income...
It came to me about two years ago. Abortion has left the real of a moral issue and has become a National Security issue. We’ve take, proportionately, more casualties from abortion that ever did from the Civil War or Europe did from WWI.
How so?
I received your email; You’re 100% correct.
Forgive me.
No problem ...
I can see where you could have made the assumption you made. But the part that I sincerely appreciate, is that you were not rude, you pointed out the flaw in my perceived direction of thought, and you brought it out.
That’s one of the many flaws of posting, you have no idea of the tone of my voice, body posture or other indicators that can cause mis-communications.
Nice to have met you, and I have no doubt we will meet again.
The Death of the West captures this thought as well.
Can’t beat really statistics. :)
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