My cousin has told all 4 of his children not to have children of their own...

[jackmccullough]

Originally Posted by Kavalier

Hungary gives tax breaks to their citizens who have more children. Why don't we do that in America if we are suffering from "replacement rate" reproduction, or whatever it is they call it?

You understand that we do give tax breaks to people who have more children, don't you? What do you call the increased number of tax deductions for dependents? And the child tax credit? And the Earned Income Tax Credit?

Originally Posted by Kavalier

Why do we import people that aren't intelligent than advocate that the working class America have children of their own?

Would you care to produce your evidence that people who overcome tremendous obstacles to get to the United States are less intelligent than the people who are born here?

Do you think this intelligence comes from being born here, or is it based on the genetic makeup of certain ethnic or racial groups?

[Zoisite]

Originally Posted by Redshadowz

...... PS: I was looking at a map of the silicon valley area, specifically Atherton. It is quite amazing how much money is out there alongside all that poverty. It is truly a two-tiered society of the rich and their servants.

Makes me wonder where all the third-world peasants live who do all the physical labor.

Did you really not know? The servants are provided meals and have their own comfortable living quarters on the premises where they work, of course. What would be the point of having servants if they aren't available at your beck and call 24 hours a day if necessary? It has always been that way throughout history between rich people and their servants ...... they live together. If rich people don't have the space and can't afford to provide living quarters and daily keep for their own servants, plus wages for their work, then they aren't as rich as they pretend to be.

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[june 7th]

Thread closed, as it wanes back and forth between addressing the OP and being a politically-oriented thread.