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People are very busy and self absorbed these days

Posted on: July 25, 2016 at 13:40:17 CT

Eggs MU

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more options and things to do than ever.

50 years ago, there were a lot less people having less than 2 kids.

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Listened to a demographic expert talk... - MidwestLittleTiger USA - 7/25 13:34:03

China has too much population - the restrict people to 1 kid - alstl MU - 7/25 14:07:59

Not anymore (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 14:09:07

This is the demographic transition model (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 13:41:49

Why is economic growth so important - Zeaux MWSC - 7/25 13:38:16

Old people need younger people to look after them(nm) - Potomac Tiger MU

- 7/25 13:42:29

Due to social security? - Zeaux MWSC - 7/25 13:45:18

Old people=medical bills (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 13:48:26

No... due to math. - Potomac Tiger MU

- 7/25 13:47:51

Seems to me that if there's less young people - Zeaux MWSC - 7/25 13:50:51

Kind of like the democratic party is doing in the US - Eggs MU - 7/25 13:42:17

I think you have this a little backwards - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 13:43:34

Why can't it be both?(nm) - Eggs MU - 7/25 13:45:10

Because conservaitves bemoan public assistance/handouts - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 13:56:40

Trying to differentiate the power hungriness between the - Cosmo MU

- 7/25 14:06:20

I certainly agree - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 14:16:50

True - Cosmo MU

- 7/25 14:24:48

Anything military related at this point is a jobs program - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 14:26:35

It's a dessert topping AND a floor wax!(nm) - Potomac Tiger MU

- 7/25 13:48:21

white liberal women - SEC_BIG_GAMEHUNTER MU - 7/25 13:36:25

I met a couple on Saturday that was just a little older - tigersknowbest MU - 7/25 13:40:56

do you have thigh gap?(nm) - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 7/25 13:55:48

very DOC-esque (nm) - TigerNuts KC - 7/25 14:00:34

how physically fit would you say this woman is? (nm) - TigerwTLP MU

- 7/25 13:47:47

well, she was pregnant with #8, so not very(nm) - tigersknowbest MU - 7/25 13:50:25

can you imagine how wrecked it is down there? (nm) - TigerNuts KC - 7/25 13:49:20

i'm a believer that it can get back to shape after a kid - TigerwTLP MU

- 7/25 13:53:01

yeah, a couple is no big deal - TigerNuts KC - 7/25 13:55:01

Could she and TLP share a rowboat?(nm) - Potomac Tiger MU

- 7/25 13:49:06

Yuck. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 7/25 13:45:01

smart people have less or no kids. - colonel angus beef KC - 7/25 13:40:26

and in turn - SEC_BIG_GAMEHUNTER MU - 7/25 13:47:47

RE: and in turn - colonel angus beef KC - 7/25 14:03:03

RE: smart people have less or no kids. - TigerwTLP MU

- 7/25 13:47:10

So yer having fifteen or twenty then ? - Uncle Fester USMC - 7/25 13:43:40

RE: smart people have less or no kids. - KCT-BoneTiger MU

- 7/25 13:41:17

People are very busy and self absorbed these days - Eggs MU - 7/25 13:40:17

LOL. True. - Shrine Devine MU

- 7/25 13:37:51

educated, affluent people don't have kids (nm) - TigerNuts KC - 7/25 13:37:09

educated, affluent people have taxes - FootballRefugee MU

- 7/25 13:38:10

ouch (nm) - 44.f6 Rd1 MU - 7/25 13:37:26

Second time for Italy.... - Shrine Devine MU

- 7/25 13:35:46

The Moops(nm) - MidwestLittleTiger USA - 7/25 13:36:19

Betty Moop(nm) - Shrine Devine MU

- 7/25 13:36:53

excellent (nm) - TigerNuts KC - 7/25 13:36:48

Indeed.(nm) - Shrine Devine MU

- 7/25 13:39:29

what about part Hawaiian/Chinese people? - KCT-BoneTiger MU

- 7/25 13:35:29

They smell like cabbage(nm) - Shrine Devine MU

- 7/25 13:36:11

you mean kimchi - KCT-BoneTiger MU

- 7/25 13:36:41

Korean =/= Hawaiian/Chinese. (nm) - cooter KC - 7/25 14:15:10