Rodney Webster wrote:
> In article <be6uvr$2028f$1@ID-105084.news.dfncis.de>,
>  "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Rodney Webster wrote:
>>>
>>> ...In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you don't have
>>> higher birth-rates in third world countries,
>>
>> Then allow me to not surprise you. I've seen hard numbers on the
>> topic but this should do for now:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/1194030.stm
>> The annual world population growth rate is 1.3% - about 77m people a
>> year. Six countries - India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh
>> and Indonesia - account for half that total.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> By contrast the number of people living in the 48 least developed
>> countries in the world is expected to triple by the year 2050.
>
> Damnit, if only those poor people would stop breeding like rabbits we
> wouldn't have so many poor people in the first place!

The thing is, what you say with irony, I believe with conviction. This is
why I have little sympathy for people who whine about trying to rear
children while working for minimum wage. If you are so unskilled as to not
be able to earn a decent wage, you have no business having children.

It's a mystery as to why India, the place of burning brides, has such a high
birth rate. I am pretty sure they don't dole out painkillers left and right.

-- 
Kevin Gowen
"The US economy accounts for about one-third of global GDP-greater than
the next four countries combined (Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom
and France)."
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