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2018-04-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Baby Shortage Downed Toys ‘R' Us, And It's Coming For Our Entire Tax Base

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-17 08:40|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 They recently got majorly T-boned at the intersection of "Need for Growing Customer Base Avenue" and "Declining Birth Rate Boulevard.

At the cross street of "Don't have money to spend on that sh1t any more."

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-17 11:32|| 2018-04-17 11:32|| Front Page Top

#2 If living and raising kids was less of a pain in the @$$, maybe folks would have more kids.

Posted by gorb 2018-04-17 12:03|| 2018-04-17 12:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe if using the public schools wasn't equivalent to having your kids raised by the malevolent practicioners of a different religion, people would have more kids.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-04-17 12:33|| 2018-04-17 12:33|| Front Page Top

#4 It doesn't help that our society teaches the young ones we have that not being productive (except for having fatherless kids), and living off of others' industry, is acceptable.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-04-17 14:57|| 2018-04-17 14:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Is there anything a good meme can't do?

https://www.news965.com/entertainment/ceo-mga-entertainment-makes-formal-offer-buy-toys/3gkmTiwXw0uuuFMZELt4wO/

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Posted by OregonGuy 2018-04-17 15:50|| http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com 2018-04-17 15:50|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a two part problem. (1) Not enough babys were born to enter the workforce and pay those taxes (2) Too many Boomers retiring.
I think we should hunt down the Population Bomb author and string him up for convincing a generation to not procreate.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-04-17 17:10|| 2018-04-17 17:10|| Front Page Top

#7 This was all about private equity looting the company. Same with Sports Authority. The rest is sideshow.

Posted by Iblis 2018-04-17 17:42|| 2018-04-17 17:42|| Front Page Top

#8 #7 - yup, the management went into debt that their revenues could not support. End of story.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-04-17 23:50|| 2018-04-17 23:50|| Front Page Top

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