the treasonous 1% of SD (office, money, company)

[Cardiff Kook]

Originally Posted by USDefault

Oh yes it is. You birthed it? You pay for it. Full stop.

Parents want stellar childcare services, replete with all-day care, enrichment, first-aid and infant-aid certified, administer medications, special diet, and on and on and on. This costs, a lot. So be prepared to pay. And do not ask taxpayers to foot the bill. The planet is grossly overpopulated -- we don't need your genes, or your children.

The best thing you can do for yourself, for humans, and for the planet: stop breeding. And this is why all breeding incentives should be eliminated, including child tax credits, family leave policies, increased child deductions, etc. Get rid of it all. Help the planet recover by penalizing those who breed hordes of defecating apex predators (humans) who are eating and sh!tting up every last acre on the planet.

Couldn't agree more!!!

[sschibuola]

Originally Posted by USDefault

The best thing you can do for yourself, for humans, and for the planet: stop breeding. And this is why all breeding incentives should be eliminated, including child tax credits, family leave policies, increased child deductions, etc. Get rid of it all. Help the planet recover by penalizing those who breed hordes of defecating apex predators (humans) who are eating and sh!tting up every last acre on the planet.

That's right. The only wrinkle is . . .our entire economic/political system is founded on economic growth and young workers subsidizing us old f$cks as we go gently into that good night. Look what "first world" countries like Portugal are facing as their population ages AND declines:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/657b9...#axzz3ieCIrWE7


The following phrases come to mind:

- rock and a hard place
- unsustainable hamster wheel
- species dieback

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by sschibuola

That's right. The only wrinkle is . . .our entire economic/political system is founded on economic growth and young workers subsidizing us old f$cks as we go gently into that good night. Look what "first world" countries like Portugal are facing as their population ages AND declines:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/657b9...#axzz3ieCIrWE7


The following phrases come to mind:

- rock and a hard place
- unsustainable hamster wheel
- species dieback

Too true, it is grow or die.

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by USDefault

Oh yes it is. You birthed it? You pay for it. Full stop.

Parents want stellar childcare services, replete with all-day care, enrichment, first-aid and infant-aid certified, administer medications, special diet, and on and on and on. This costs, a lot. So be prepared to pay. And do not ask taxpayers to foot the bill. The planet is grossly overpopulated -- we don't need your genes, or your children.

The best thing you can do for yourself, for humans, and for the planet: stop breeding. And this is why all breeding incentives should be eliminated, including child tax credits, family leave policies, increased child deductions, etc. Get rid of it all. Help the planet recover by penalizing those who breed hordes of defecating apex predators (humans) who are eating and sh!tting up every last acre on the planet.

I agree with this but it doesn't speak to reality. The poorest and most wretched places on the planet are the ones with the highest rates of birth. Africa as a continent, for example, is experiencing a huge population boom. What is the benefit of reducing childbirth as you say when the poorest do not do the same? That looks like a recipe for future instability.

[Cardiff Kook]

Then we perish together

[JohnAlt]

Originally Posted by hitman619

Let's not forget or leave out these CEO's making 373% more than the average worker.

That would only be 4.73 times what the average worker makes. 373% more means makes 3.73 times what the average worker makes more than what the average worker makes, which would be 4.73 times what the average worker makes.

You wanna check your numbers?

[oddstray]

Originally Posted by LuvSouthOC

I agree with this but it doesn't speak to reality. The poorest and most wretched places on the planet are the ones with the highest rates of birth. Africa as a continent, for example, is experiencing a huge population boom. What is the benefit of reducing childbirth as you say when the poorest do not do the same? That looks like a recipe for future instability.

But they also have the highest rates of of infant mortality. It's a much more complicated situation that you' re addressing. It' s very complicated and I'm mobile so won't be able to continue to comment . . .

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by LuvSouthOC

I agree with this but it doesn't speak to reality. The poorest and most wretched places on the planet are the ones with the highest rates of birth. Africa as a continent, for example, is experiencing a huge population boom. What is the benefit of reducing childbirth as you say when the poorest do not do the same? That looks like a recipe for future instability.

All the more reason to put a giant clamp on the border and limit legal immigration to those that are already successful. Currently, we are importing poverty at an unsustainable rate.

[hitman619]

Originally Posted by JohnAlt

That would only be 4.73 times what the average worker makes. 373% more means makes 3.73 times what the average worker makes more than what the average worker makes, which would be 4.73 times what the average worker makes.

You wanna check your numbers?

Don't be a smart A$$, you know what i meant
CEO's pay compared to the common worker is grossly out wack, Agree or disagree?
Top CEOs Make 373 Times the Average U.S. Worker - Real Time Economics - WSJ

[JohnAlt]

Originally Posted by hitman619

Don't be a smart A$$, you know what i meant
CEO's pay compared to the common worker is grossly out wack, Agree or disagree?
Top CEOs Make 373 Times the Average U.S. Worker - Real Time Economics - WSJ

Actors and athletes at the tops of their professions make huge $ too. It's certainly nothing near 373x where I work and I work at a pretty big local employer. But it's not a Fortune 500 or anything like that.

What do you think would be reasonable?