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The REAL housing crisis: TOO MANY PEOPLE Enough Already 08-16-2007
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Posted by Matt Whiting on August 17, 2007, 6:33 pm
Dave wrote:

> Nature has a way of limiting population growth of most any species. Mankind
> has, temporarily, gone beyond that bounds. One way or another, it will
> catch up with him. Either slowly in forms of famine and shrinking of
> resources; or a major calamity. Nature will fix the aftermath.
>
> Economically, you can't stagnate or shrink the population size and expect
> economic growth. You can't make enough people care enough to contribute to
> such a manual fix to overpopulation (limiting birthrate to 2 per couple over
> many, many generations). It will have to happen on its own.
> Dave

What evidence do you have that mankind has "gone beyond that bounds?"

Matt

Posted by Dave on August 18, 2007, 12:51 am
> Dave wrote:
>
>> Nature has a way of limiting population growth of most any species.
>> Mankind has, temporarily, gone beyond that bounds. One way or another,
>> it will catch up with him. Either slowly in forms of famine and
>> shrinking of resources; or a major calamity. Nature will fix the
>> aftermath.
>>
>> Economically, you can't stagnate or shrink the population size and expect
>> economic growth. You can't make enough people care enough to contribute
>> to such a manual fix to overpopulation (limiting birthrate to 2 per
>> couple over many, many generations). It will have to happen on its own.
>> Dave
>
> What evidence do you have that mankind has "gone beyond that bounds?"
>
> Matt

If you don't see it now, you never will.
Dave



Posted by Matt Barrow on August 18, 2007, 1:39 am

>> Dave wrote:
>>
>>> Nature has a way of limiting population growth of most any species.
>>> Mankind has, temporarily, gone beyond that bounds. One way or another,
>>> it will catch up with him. Either slowly in forms of famine and
>>> shrinking of resources; or a major calamity. Nature will fix the
>>> aftermath.
>>>
>>> Economically, you can't stagnate or shrink the population size and
>>> expect economic growth. You can't make enough people care enough to
>>> contribute to such a manual fix to overpopulation (limiting birthrate to
>>> 2 per couple over many, many generations). It will have to happen on
>>> its own.
>>> Dave
>>
>> What evidence do you have that mankind has "gone beyond that bounds?"
>>
>> Matt
>
> If you don't see it now, you never will.

Your knowledge of history is about on par with your knowledge of Econ. IOW,
completely FOS.

Ah...these public schools!!!




Posted by Matt Whiting on August 18, 2007, 2:56 pm
Dave wrote:
>> Dave wrote:
>>
>>> Nature has a way of limiting population growth of most any species.
>>> Mankind has, temporarily, gone beyond that bounds. One way or another,
>>> it will catch up with him. Either slowly in forms of famine and
>>> shrinking of resources; or a major calamity. Nature will fix the
>>> aftermath.
>>>
>>> Economically, you can't stagnate or shrink the population size and expect
>>> economic growth. You can't make enough people care enough to contribute
>>> to such a manual fix to overpopulation (limiting birthrate to 2 per
>>> couple over many, many generations). It will have to happen on its own.
>>> Dave
>> What evidence do you have that mankind has "gone beyond that bounds?"
>>
>> Matt
>
> If you don't see it now, you never will.
> Dave

Ok, I understand that you have no evidence. I was guessing that was the
case.

Matt

Posted by willshak on August 17, 2007, 10:22 am
on 8/16/2007 11:30 PM Enough Already said the following:
<snip>
> Getting to the main point: the big reason these homes get built by the
> thousands each day is POPULATION GROWTH. In the U.S. this amounts to
> about 3 million more people annually. Worldwide it exceeds 70 million
> per year (net gain). If any other species tried to multiply at that
> rate, we'd declare a lock-down. But Man doesn't have to play by the
> rules of nature; so say the "conservatives."

Blame it on medicine. Whenever a pandemic disease shows up, they try to
find a way to cure it.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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