Comments on: Fertility and real estate http://polizeros.com/2008/02/02/fertility-and-real-estate/ Musings on politics: Antiwar, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:48:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2008/02/02/fertility-and-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-148313 DJ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:44:54 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/02/fertility-and-real-estate/#comment-148313 I've read that television is an excellent form of birth control-- the Chinese government helped drop birth rates by ensuring that every village had a TV. Will access to 1,000 cable entertainment channels (and still nothing on) deter birth rates? Also, I worry when I hear about U.S. birth rates increasing. The U.S. population is already growing-- through immigration (which the article fails to mention in terms of maintaining population). And, Hispanic birth rates have always been higher (probably because of the constant influx of new, poorer immigrants). When someone starts saying that increasing birth rates is a good idea, what they usually mean is that they want more WHITE babies-- a sure sign of bigotry. I’ve read that television is an excellent form of birth control– the Chinese government helped drop birth rates by ensuring that every village had a TV. Will access to 1,000 cable entertainment channels (and still nothing on) deter birth rates?

Also, I worry when I hear about U.S. birth rates increasing. The U.S. population is already growing– through immigration (which the article fails to mention in terms of maintaining population). And, Hispanic birth rates have always been higher (probably because of the constant influx of new, poorer immigrants).

When someone starts saying that increasing birth rates is a good idea, what they usually mean is that they want more WHITE babies– a sure sign of bigotry.

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