Hey ladies get busy. Time to procreate and MAGA!

[babylonsister]

https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/hey-ladies-get-busy-time-to-procreate.html

Thursday, December 14, 2017
Hey ladies get busy. Time to procreate and MAGA!
by digby




This is a fundamental white nationalist view. Whether Paul Ryan knows that, I don't know. But it's fucking digusting either way:

During a news conference on Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan urged American women to have more babies, saying their lack of procreation was stunting economic growth.

“People — this is going to be the new economic challenge for America. People,” Ryan said, in response to a question about entitlement reform.

Alluding to the fact that he’s a father of three, Ryan added, “I did my part, but we need to have higher birth rates in this country. Meaning, baby boomers are retiring, and we have fewer people following them in the work force.”

“We have something like a 90 percent increase in the retirement population in America, but only a 19 percent increase in the working population in American,” the Speaker continued. “So what do we have to do? Be smarter, more efficient, more technology — still going to need more people. And when we have tens of millions of people right here in this country falling short of their potential — not working, not looking for a job, or not in school getting a skill to get a job — that’s a problem.”

While it is true that birth rates in the U.S. have been declining, that’s not necessarily bad news — for instance, birth rates for teenagers hit a record low last year. Ryan’s comments also overlook the possibility that people may not share his belief that economic growth is a goal to be pursued at any and all costs.

Furthermore, there’s an obvious solution to the problem that Ryan completely ignores — allowing more immigrants into the country to fill the jobs being vacated by retiring baby boomers. But instead of using his position as House Speaker to pursue immigration reform, Ryan has instead indicated he’s on board with Trump’s hardline anti-immigration positions, including the president’s insistence on spending billions of dollars on a border wall.

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[elleng]

1. Really, we'll get right to it,

so our kids can pay for us as we (all!) AGE!!! Right away!

[Blue_true]

2. Why would any thoughtful person that is not rich want to have kids

just to feed the supply of workers? Companies don't think twice about laying people off when those companies want higher profits. Why bear and raise a child who is likely to be jobless well before retirement age? If companies seriously work toward making sure no worker suffers, even when those workers are not needed, then maybe, otherwise Paul Ryan can go to a quiet place and screw himself.

[calimary]

3. Hey, I could probably still make babies all day if I had her inheritance coming.

Even at my age.

[safeinOhio]

4. If you are looking to be a father,

don’t drink the water.

[NCTraveler]

5. He simply doesnt want to say.

Hurry up, make more Christians. The manner in which he uses percentages to make his point is a bastardization of statistics.

[Kirk Lover]

6. Thanks for making the argument for why we actually NEED immigration to grow the economy...

what a fool! It almost annoys me as much as the "we have the lowest unemployment eva" and "we need more jobs, Americans have no jobs....jobs pouring back from overseas"....these R talking heads will say that shit in the same sentence. Want to choke them.

[canetoad]

7. Hey Sis

You ever read this old article about Trump & Ivana?
https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner
It's fascinating in a repulsive kind of way.

From the article:

Donald was determined to have a large family. “I want five children, like in my own family, because with five, then I will know that one will be guaranteed to turn out like me,” Donald told a close friend. He was willing to be generous with Ivana, and a story went around that he was giving her a cash bonus of $250,000 for each child.

Uday has five. Approval seeking much? Qusay - I'm not sure. Two or three? Ivana Jr. - four I think.

[babylonsister]

9. Hello there,

canetoad! Thanks for bringing that to my attention. You're right, fascinating yet repulsive. I will be sure to read it!

[marybourg]

8. Hitler issued the same call. nt

[FarCenter]

10. People aren't needed for economic growth in the age of artificial intelligence

In fact, more people are a handicap. A lot of China's success in the last 3 decades is due to the one child policy that reduced population growth, allowed more parental investment in fewer children, and allowed increased investment in infrastructure and economic development.

Children are hugely expensive to raise and educate, and the outcome of the process is highly uncertain.