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2011-02-05 Economy

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-05 06:54|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Since I got married I know I have spent a lot less money, particularly in the category of "stupid stuff no one ever needs."

Posted by eLarson 2011-02-05 10:43|| 2011-02-05 10:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Vice versa for me, eLarson.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-05 11:10|| 2011-02-05 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 These single moms want their babies and confidently expect Big Brother to provide for them.

A hundred years ago you had a lot of children hoping that some of them would make it to adulthood, since child mortality rates were much higher. That's because there was no social security or major pension systems in place. Your children were your old age support [as in - honor thy father and mother]. Today the state et al provides bankrupting levels of support for the older generations in their last 10-20 years, so now the kids are produced to provide support for the first twenty years.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-02-05 12:30|| 2011-02-05 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Marriage is being assaulted by unilateral divorce, feminist hostility toward marriage, the bias of family courts against fathers, and the taxpayer-paid financial incentives that subsidize illegitimate births.

Might I also add, a culture of self-absorption and immediate gratification that romanticizes immature drifters, whose fear of responsibility and loss of youth and independence permanently outweighs any desire to put down roots and reproduce.

Good news is, it didn't take me long to lose the zero and find a hero. :)

Posted by RandomJD 2011-02-05 13:04|| 2011-02-05 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Good news is, it didn't take me long to lose the zero and find a hero. :)

Belated congratulations, Random JD. Clearly you already fulfilled the good wishes. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2011-02-05 14:38|| 2011-02-05 14:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Might I also add, a culture of self-absorption and immediate gratification that romanticizes immature drifters, whose fear of responsibility and loss of youth and independence permanently outweighs any desire to put down roots and reproduce.

Flawed logic if I have ever read it. Beg to differ on most cases of childless adults. It takes self awareness in some cases, not all, to admit to oneself that one is not cut out for parenting, and furthermore much better to realize this pre not post child. It seems awfully overly simplistic to call childless people immature on that count alone, going either way. Some people ARE mature enough to know they SHOULDN'T or don't want to reproduce. Wish there were more of them, actually, because there are too many terribly bad parents today who should have used contraception.

Posted by Fire and Ice 2011-02-05 21:57|| 2011-02-05 21:57|| Front Page Top

#7 TW, thank you.

FaI, relax. Just a cheap shot at my ex. If I may close the logical circuit, I agree that these types may well do everyone a favor by self-selecting themselves out of the gene pool.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-02-06 00:01|| 2011-02-06 00:01|| Front Page Top

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