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Old 10-24-2006, 08:54 AM   #2
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Population Growth

It's true. Without immigration (illegal and legal) our population would be WAY below replacemnt level. We're not as bad as Japan or Europe, but we're not in good shape.

Compounding the problem if the fact that the people that are having all the babies are the ones who are a net negative on the system (people below the poverty line, welfare recipients, etc.) If you plot an income vs. birth rate chart for this country you get (except for at the very low end) a nice little liner slope downwards. Smart people are having barely over one kid per couple while the bottom of the barrel is popping out over five.

This is going to be a HUGE problem in 50-100 years, this country is going to be full of people without enough skills to live. A century ago if you were stupid you either died or worked one or two low-skill jobs that killed you early. now you do nothing all day and have state-funded healthcare to make sure you live long enough to breed plenty. A century from now what is the 80% of the population with an IQ of less than 100 going to do to live? We won't need manual labor anymore. It's a huge problem, but anyone that says anything about it is labelled a Nazi because Hitler gave eugenics a bad name.

There is no reason why birth control cannot be a pre-requisite to receiving public assistance. If you cannot feed yourself you should not be getting pregnant. Also, no person onpublic assistance should be able to keep their kids. Not being able to provide adequate food and shelter for your child is evidence enough that you're an unfit parent. We've spent the last 60 years eliminating consequences, we need to bring them back.
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