On May 12, 2:56 pm, elizabeth <
elizabethfran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Uh, because there aren't that many people willing to adopt.
That's not the main reason; the main reason is that abortions and the
loss of stigma of single motherhood have seriously depleted the pool
of babies available for adoption.
By the way, I have read somewhere that half of abortions are due to
contraception failure. Can either of you two women confirm this?
> And since
> we're overpopulated,
Who is "we", and how do you determine whether a country is
overpopulated? India is becoming more prosperous, not less.
Japan is facing a serious population "implosion"; so is Europe. See
url at end for Japan.
> women who know they can't raise a child, or
> should know they can't should be directed to abortions, because we
> can't afford to take care of the overpopulated world we have,.
"Can't afford" = "forced to buy used cars all the time"? You liberals
have strange ideas on what is ''poor" and what is "rich"-- I'm having
an extended debate with Silent O on this matter; he called $353,819
per year "practically poverty level".
Of course, the fact that the topic of discussion was the salaries of
Planned Parenthood fat cats may have had something to do with it:
2011 salaries:
President Cecile Richards $353,819
Chief Operating Officer Maryana Iskander $288,886
Chief Financial Officer Maria Acosta $263,443
VP of Medical Affairs Vanessa Cullins $257,115
VP of General Counsel Barbara Otten $251,379
VP of Public Policy Laurie Rubiner $248,438
VP of Operations Karen Ruffatto $247,932
VP of Affiliates Lisa David $245,322
http://www.stopp.org/pdfs/2011_PP_CEO_Report.pdf
Note how we aren't even down to $200,000, which I already classify as
"rich". Even regional CEOs sometimes get that much or more:
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest
2001 E Madison Seattle, Washington 98122
P:
206-328-7734
F:
206-328-7522
CEO: Chris Charbonneau
Base Compensation: $259,405
> We
> aren't making any more resources, we can't create more land (but are
> losing it to sea level rising) but we can stop breeding. Start by
> taxing breeders at the same rate of nonbreeders, no subsidies, no
> programs to help only people with children. Maybe demand that
> breeders post a bond before they can raise a child. Give double SS
> benefits to people who didn't breed, and cut SS to those who raised
> children at taxpayer expense who didn't produce any good or cost
> society anything outside of education.
With your ideas, the Japanese may go to extinction earlier than the
3011 date given the estimates by a group of population researchers at
Tohoku University. Here is a "doomsday" clock they have provided:
http://mega.econ.tohoku.ac.jp/Children/index_en.jsp
You may need to click on "English" to read it.
Peter Nyikos