Americans Having Fewer Babies Crimping Consumer Spending: Is a Lower Birth Rate Good for the Economy?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/22 18:00:00

Related Topics: Economy, babies, Birth Rate, Overpopulation

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	Yes	197 votes	60%
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BLOOMBERG.COM reports:
Debra Mollen, 41, a psychology professor in Denton, Texas, said she and her husband don’t plan to have children as they strive to pay down their mortgage and save for retirement.

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sockpuppet 2012/08/22 20:53:26

No

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Because, inevitably, it will be the ones who can afford it who will stop having the babies. The mouth-breathers who reproduce at such a frantic pace are on the dole.
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America... to America... 2012/08/22 19:05:10

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and theres more sickness also with more people

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Andrew to America... 2012/08/22 19:27:25

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People ARE nature, dummy!

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America... to Andrew 2012/08/22 21:54:49

and you dont think that hurts us too dummy?

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Andrew to America... 2012/08/22 22:00:58

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No!

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America... to Andrew 2012/08/22 22:05:48 (edited)

overpopulated deer hurts them, reason they get hunted. same thing for every animal. look at china for example with the cars making chinese cities filled with polluted air and bad water. people knocking down the rain forrest that gives over 80% of the worlds air. more people need more food, more air, more land. the Earth can with stand so much. why you think viruses get stronger every year, so populations dont get overwelmed. same thing with hurricanes and tornadoes. nothing good happens with more

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Andrew to America... 2012/08/23 09:28:21

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You negate the FACT that if the rain forest was to be chopped down, the crops that would grow in its place does the same thing. Here is a FACT for you. Japan has a population of 127,000,000 people with a land mass of 146,000 square miles. Much of the country is mountainous, yet somehow, they manage to feed their population quite easily. Compare that to the United States of America which has a population of 310,000,000 that reside on 84,000,000 square miles. This earth can support many more times the number that currently inhabit the planet. Over population is NOT the problem. The lack of LIBERTY to achieve is the problem throughout most of the world. What Japan and the USA have ibn common is a greater amount of LIBERTY than the great majority of other nations!

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America... to Andrew 2012/08/23 21:56:04

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no it doesn't. the trees are a million years old. and nothing is good with people stacked up in one place, you want to live in japan? we need more jobs, not more people. we have enough people.

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Andrew to America... 2012/08/24 08:45:47

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People are more important than any tree! The trouble with you is you can't understand the value of human life over trees!

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Monty to Andrew 2012/08/24 19:47:08

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so,your ok with cutting down all the trees?

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Andrew to Monty 2012/08/25 11:05:43

Try flying over the vast majority of this world and you'll find there is NO shortage of trees!

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Monty to America... 2012/08/24 14:23:32

i hate to say it but it's true,i watched a show on how much better the earth would be with no humans at all

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America... to Monty 2012/08/24 16:48:04 (edited)

Earth is ok with humans, its people like Andrew ^^ that doesn't understand that people can't live without trees... its a thing called breathing and everything else breathes it also

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Monty to America... 2012/08/24 19:51:37

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true,some humans have lived at one with nature,but it appears some seem to be against that

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America... to Monty 2012/08/24 21:33:19

or just not destroy nature and overpopulate.

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Andrew to Monty 2012/08/25 11:06:34

You just revealed the absolute idiocy of you stance!

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rand 2012/08/22 18:45:16

Yes

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Frankly I don't give a damn. Lower birth rates are good for the planet.

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mae 2012/08/22 18:41:05

No

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So, who's going to take care of you when your old? The care home? Don't bet on it!

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Tim Upham to mae 2012/08/22 19:14:52

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A 98 year old man in a nursing home "My daughter hates my guts, and has not spoken to me in 20 years." How many people are there like that?

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mae to Tim Upham 2012/08/22 19:36:24

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Plenty. Take care to make sure this is not you. I am a retired RN, and took care of many isolated seniors in my 35+ years as a nurse. I also took care of many a senior who came to the hospital with abuse by a care home attendant. Broken bones, cigarette burns, bruises, unattended bed sores--used to come to the Emergency room all the time. Certified care home? Almost always.

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Rock 2012/08/22 17:11:44

No

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The economy is in part based on a pyramid scheme. Population growth in itself creates jobs through increased consumer spending and increased home sales. A country that does not have a population growth and does not have more exports than imports is in serious trouble. Luckily for the U.S. we are still growing. Although it is a pretty well known fact that most developed nations are seeing low birth rates. I actually read somewhere awhile back that Japan is shrinking in terms of population.

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Wayne 2012/08/22 17:03:25

No

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The economy isn't really my field of expertise, but if you look at the numbers countries that are growing and thriving have high birth rates, while the countries that are drowning don't. Besides, if it wasn't for immigration, America's population would've started declining a long time ago.

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jackolantyrn356 2012/08/22 16:53:29

No

Americans opt out on Marxism, and will do the same with babies

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gracious43 2012/08/22 16:34:50

No

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Stable nations require a positive growth rate.

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GLaDOS 2012/08/22 16:18:59

No

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We'll see how things go when the baby boomers start dying off.

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Sister Jean 2012/08/22 16:02:11

Yes

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or future economy

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James 2012/08/22 15:51:30

No

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Actually no. If you look at countries like Russia and its former republics, you would see that their declining and aging population is working against them.

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Metaldane 2012/08/22 15:44:05

Yes

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Until we have a way to support the extra population besides overpopulation is something we need to watch out for at our current level of technology we're doing more damage to earth's ecosystem faster then we can repair it.

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Juan O'Mara 2012/08/22 15:35:38

Yes

well your average folks may be having fewer babies but welfare mommas need more babies to get paid.

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Heisenberg 2012/08/22 15:34:58

No

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Countries that grow have a positive birth rate.

Almost all countries in decline have declining birth rates.

Yet another example of American decline.

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