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He’s talking about the millions of people not yet born. When you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging.
by jackvalentine 8y ago
He’s talking about the millions of people not yet born.
When you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging.
- candiodari 8y agoAnd what will happen to the country and the economy that sustains them if they "stop digging" ?
- jackvalentine 8y agoWe'll have to figure that out, won't we? The Philippines birth rate is somewhere in the vicinity of 3 children per woman. What's a more sustainable number?
- candiodari 8y agoEconomically, to take care of those ? 4
- jackvalentine 8y agoHow did you come to that number and why do you think a double the replacement birth-rate can be sustained forever?
- candiodari 8y agoI would come to the number by calculating how people will support themselves and others, and yet have a reasonable load on them. That number seems to be at least greater than 3. So 4. Probably it's more like 3.1 or so. How did you get to the conclusion that the island of the Philippines can't support (from now, and for a VERY long time in the future, even if perhaps not indefinitely) 3 children per woman ?