After talking (today) with two Republicans, I see now what the real reason is for birth control.

[BlueJazz]

I won't go into the whole coversation...some of you have read my fustrating talks with them.

Anyway, during the useless chatter, they both said (in so many words)..
"In order for a social system to grow you HAVE to have growth...the companies have to have new
customers and buyers"

Again, I won't repeat my whole WTF response, but it was something about killing the planet, overpopulation
and "When and where do we stop?...when we can't turn around without bumping into somebody?"
plus "how about feeding and caring for all these people"

But...it was like talking to 2 idiots.
of course, i suppose i was...

[jody]

1. "to grow you HAVE to have growth" sounds like a Bushism. nt

[Justice wanted]

2. And THIS is why we will NEVER have single payer Health care system.

[MrScorpio]

3. You should have told them that with their ideas...

Eventually some stranger should be "growing" into their own homes.

[earthside]

4. You could have facetiously agreed with them ...

... and congratulated them for being so willing to open-up the Mexican-American border so that millions of Mexicans could move here and really provide millions of new customers and buyers.

It would have been pretty funny to see them backtrack on their "growth" argument.

[renie408]

5. Your title made me literally LOL. n/t

[Phlem]

6. ick!

I can't even do what you do, it sets of my PTSD. Yes stupidity sets off my PTSD. I just have to leave when that happens. Ick!

-p

[WingDinger]

7. growth is a live or die requirement, made so by interest paid on money created.

Unless you have perpetual growth, you have a recession/depression, made so by the requirement to pay the interest. The only way to pay the interest, is economic growth. We should do away with the FED. Have the Gov itself create the money. that way, no interest.