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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Gottfried who wrote (46685)5/14/2001 1:42:54 AM
From: Pete Young  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
In poor agrarian societies having kids is often an economic necessity to provide extra labor to tend the livestock and bring in the crops. In modern industrial societies having kids is a sign of optimism about the future. The birth rate is currently relatively high in the US and low in Japan...

Optimism, yes. However, I understand that 70% of the population increase in the 1990's came from immigration, not baby boomers having lots of expensive little moments of optimism.
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